Overview
You name the hell...there is a way out. After decades of pastoral counseling, Johann Christoph Arnold still marvels at our capacity to make life miserable for ourselves and one another. This book, his tenth, maps out a sure way out of life's hells and toward a happy, meaningful life.In contrast to the makeovers and quick fixes hawked by popular culture, Escape Routes offers a tougher prescription. Using real-life stories as travel guides, Arnold exposes the root causes of loneliness, frustration, alienation, and despair and shows how anyone, regardless of their age, income bracket, or social status, can find freedom and new life. The choices he presents are clear: ""to be selfish or selfless, to forgive or to hate, to burn with lust or with love.""No matter what your problems, or who you are, this book will help you on your way, provided you're ready to take its medicine.,br>Arnold writes: ""Call it life, call it hell: there's not a person I've met who hasn't been lonely, discouraged, depressed, or guilt-ridden at one time or another, if not sick, burned-out, or at sea in a relationship. Sometimes I know this because they have told me about their problems; sometimes I can tell just by looking in their eyes. That's what got me started on this book-the fact that all of us have known some form of hell in our lives, and that insofar as any of us find freedom, confidence, companionship, and community, we will also know happiness.""
Full Product Details
Author: Johann Christoph Arnold
Publisher: Plough Publishing House
Imprint: Plough Publishing House
Dimensions:
Width: 13.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 19.00cm
Weight: 0.294kg
ISBN: 9780874867701
ISBN 10: 0874867703
Pages: 187
Publication Date: 17 November 2016
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Beautiful Arnold does not give us a magic formula for coping with life s hells there is none but gently reminds us that the first step begins with ourselves. Drawing on the wisdom of men and women of many faiths, this book is one that can be appreciated by all.--Ari L. Goldman, Columbia University
Author Information
Johann Christoph Arnold was an award-winning author with over two million copies of his twelve books in print in more than twenty languages. A noted speaker and writer on marriage, parenting, and end-of-life issues. Arnold was a senior pastor of the Bruderhof, a movement of Christian communities, until his death in April 2017. Johann Christoph Arnold’s books include Why Forgive?, Rich in Years, Their Name Is Today, Seeking Peace, Escape Routes, Cries from the Heart, Be Not Afraid, Why Children Matter, and Sex, God and Marriage.
