Getting Beyond Tragedy [Paperback]

Getting Beyond Tragedy, already hailed by clergy and cancer organizations alike, is both a moving reflection and an important tool for those dealing with grief. Written by Rev. J. Phillips Noble in the years during and since his son Scott's illness and death from cancer, the book also includes essays written by Noble's wife and their children, making Getting Beyond Tragedy a work that speaks to all members of families coping with tragedy. Noble hopes that the book will help families touched by the tragedy of children's cancer, and as such, all of his proceeds will go toward research to help find a cure. Those espousing the faith of the Judeo-Christian community will be informed, and perhaps reformed, by the chapter entitled ???Tragedy and the Will of God.??? Succinctly stated, Reverend Noble concludes: ???[Is] tragedy good? No. But with God working with us in tragedy, at least some good can come from it. That may be tragedy???s only redeeming feature.??? ???Pastor, Decatur Presbyterian Church, Professor Emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary, Regional Director, Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Fellow, American Association of Pastoral Counselors