Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides a theologically rich commentary on the challenge of addiction and the long road to recovery. Written by a minister with extensive experience working with people who struggle with addictions, this book helps pastors understand the roots and realities of our universal human struggle with addictions and attachments while showing that together we have great hope for freedom, wholeness, and recovery. Readers will learn how to create and foster a Beatitude Community, the kind of environment Jesus prescribed for his people, to help addicts and those who love them heal from brokenness. Foreword by Bob Ekblad. About the Series Pastors are called to help people navigate the profound mysteries of being human, from birth to death and everything in between. This series, edited by leading pastoral theologian Jason Byassee, provides pastors and pastors-in-training with rich theological reflection on the various seasons that make up a human life, helping them minister with greater wisdom and joy.
Table of ContentsContents
Series Preface
Foreword
by Bob EkbladIntroduction
Part 1: Broken and Blessed
1. Broken
2. Blessed
Part 2: The Beatitude Community
3. Surrendered Community:
The Poor in Spirit4. Lamenting Community:
Those Who Mourn5. Contented Community:
The Meek6. Ordered Community:
Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness7. Compassionate Community:
The Merciful8. Contemplative Community:
The Pure in Heart9. Reconciling Community:
The Peacemakers10. Co-suffering Community:
The PersecutedResources
Index
