Angry with God
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (914 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1576832228 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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All I can do now is let you tell others my story so that maybe they won't wait so long." These words from her grandmother inspired Novotni, a practicing psychologist, to write a truly remarkable book in which she tells her grandmother's story of pain and anger as a survivor of the Armenian genocide of 1915-1921. The authors' conversational writing style sometimes detracts from the weight of their argument, but this informality will probably attract more readers than it discourages. Accessible to a wide range of readers, the book explains anger with God, its
. Michele is a frequent speaker at local, state, regional, and national conferences and workshops on faith-based issues related to emotional and psychological growth. Davids, Pennsylvania, and a licensed psychologist in private practice. Michele Novotni, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the graduate counseling program at Eastern College in St. She is the coauthor of Adult ADD (Pion Press) and author of What Does Everybody Else Know That I Don't? (Specialty Press)
It's not easy making peace with a silent God who seems to have declared war on you. Novotni and Petersen help readers break the silence. But what happens when we feel like God is the root of the problem? What do we do when we are angry with God? Psychologist Michele Novotni noticed that many of her clients who were working through their anger with people had a parallel need to work through their anger with God. And this book won't try to talk readers out of their anger, but it will talk them through it, presenting them with an image of a compassionate God who continues to love them.. Yet, many are afraid to give voice to this anger. Most people face anger, sadness, frustration, confusion, disappointment, fear, or depression at some point in their lives. We know that we need to get to the root of the problem in order to fix it. Beneath the psychological issues, many people also silently struggle with their faith. Unvoiced thoughts are forced underground, leaving people feeling disconnected and
"Angry with God" according to A Customer. This is a very good book. It is short and easy to read (I finished it in a day) but it covers a lot of ground.It has some good analogies for mistaken ideas we might have about Gods nature (such as His being a traffic cop or a genie).Although it is written from more of a psychological background, it is. Finally being honest about being angry with God! C. A. CESARETTI You do not have to be a clergyperson to hear the oft-repeated question "Why did God allow this to happen?". Behind the question is often anger with God. The death of a child, an incurible disease, the act of a madman, or the euphamistic "act of nature" all evoke the existential question of "why?". Cer. Loren Murfield, Ph.D. said An Honest Look at a Neglected Problem. "Angry with God" by Novotoni and Peterson is a refreshingly honest look at a long neglected problem. The story of Novotoni's grandmother is a very powerful example of a woman who suffers numerous atrocities and is very angry with God for not answering her prayers. Her story is compelling and entices t