When the Hurt Won't Heal: Living with Chronic Illness

Craig K. Svensson helps those living with a chronic illness examine its effect on their spiritual life and find hope amid their suffering. 

In a society that emphasizes the importance of good health, those living with constant pain, unending fatigue, depression, or a host of other never-ending physical and mental symptoms struggle to accept the providence of God in their illness and the limitations that illness brings. It’s easy to become so consumed with the physical nature of your illness that you fail to see the most important impact is spiritual.

Svensson knows from personal experience how hard it is to navigate the spiritual, emotional, and relational challenges that arise when living with an ongoing ailment. He shares what he’s learned about God’s comfort and care through his struggles. If you are navigating life with chronic illness, When the Hurt Won’t Heal will help you find the path to growing in faith despite the pain, fear, or darkness you may be experiencing.

• Practical, accessible, spiritual guidance for sufferers and their caregivers to grow trust in God and his daily sustaining grace.
• Part of the Ask the Christian Counselor series, walking readers through their deepest and most profound questions.   
• Provides readers with five tools to anchor and encourage the heart amid physical suffering.
• Compact format goes deeper than New Growth Press’s popular minibooks without overwhelming the reader. 

AUTHOR

Craig K. Svensson, PharmD, PhD, is Dean Emeritus of Pharmacy and Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Purdue University, as well as Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. An elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, he is the author of over 100 scientific publications and several books, including When the Hurt Won’t Heal and the minibook Recreational Drug Use: A Biblical Perspective and is a contributor to The Christian Counselor’s Medical Desk Reference, 2^nd Edition.