Dear Sufferer

It was Easter weekend. Twenty-two-year-old Noah went into
full cardiac arrest just minutes after a hospital discharge. His
parents administered CPR for eight long minutes before he
was declared dead on arrival by the paramedics. His family
gathered around his bedside to say their goodbyes when he
unexpectedly woke up to greet them with a smile.
With more than two decades of navigating numerous medical
emergencies and hospitalizations, Noah was in kidney failure
again, in need of a third transplant. After caregiving for her
extremely medically fragile son for twenty-two years, author
L.M. Stokes tells how she learned to embrace the harmony of
suffering and the Christian faith.
Does suffering have a part to play in an active vibrant faith in
Christ? Where is God when we suffer? Is there meaning and
purpose in suffering? How can we learn to suffer well? Is the
gospel of Jesus Christ sufficient to satisfy and confront the questions
of suffering humanity?
In Dear Sufferer, L.M. Stokes shares her lessons in the school
of suffering in a series of masterfully woven letters to "Dear
Sufferers" everywhere.