When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough
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When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough

A Shooting Survivor's Journey into the Realities of Gun Violence

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When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough

A Shooting Survivor's Journey into the Realities of Gun Violence

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Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist

ECPA Top Shelf Award Winner

Taylor Schumann never thought she'd be a victim of gun violence. But one spring day a man with a shotgun walked into her workplace and opened fire on her. While she survived, she was left with permanent wounds, both visible and invisible.

In When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough, Taylor invites us to see what it means to be a survivor after the news vehicles drive away and the media moves on. Healing is slow and complicated. As she suffered through surgeries, grueling rehabilitation, and counseling to repair the physical injuries and emotional trauma, she came face to face with the deep and lasting impact of gun violence. As she began grappling with the realities, Taylor experienced another painful truth: Christians have largely been absent from this issue. Gun violence undercuts God's vision of abundant life and community—and the silence of the church rings loudly in the ears of survivors and families of victims.

Taylor weaves her own incredible story of survival and recovery into a larger conversation about gun violence in our country. With compassion and honesty, she encourages readers to reconsider their own engagement with the issue and to join her in envisioning a more hopeful, safer future for our nation. Move beyond thoughts and prayers and enter into grace-filled dialogue and action.

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Publisher
IVP
Year
2021
ISBN
9780830831715
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Violence in Society
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication Page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Part One: A Survivor’s Journey
  7. Part Two: Our Societal Challenge
  8. Epilogue
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Discussion Guide
  11. Notes
  12. Resource Index
  13. Praise for When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough
  14. About the Author
  15. More Titles from InterVarsity Press
  16. Copyright