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Type One Confessional: God, a Pastor, and a Girl with Type 1 Diabetes
Type One Confessional God a Pastor and a Girl with Type 1 Diabetes Author:Rev. Christopher Ian Thoma Type 1 Diabetes is a monster.By such monsters, faith is tested.But God is there. He is listening. He is acting.He can be trusted. — At its core, Type One Confessional explores in narrative form the struggle to reconcile God's love in times of crisis. In particular, Reverend Thoma speaks directly to the unexpected and life-a... more »ltering calamity of his seven-year-old daughter's diagnosis with what is often an overwhelming disease -- one that is both difficult to manage, and if left untreated, is more than deadly.
Thoma does this in a semi-fictional way -- that is, each of the events included in the volume is true, and yet, even though the back-and-forth engagements between the Creator and one of His pastors are fictionalized, the content within arises from the Word of God-the place where God's voice is heard clearly and where He meets each human being with the promise of His love in the midst of the darkness of uncertainty.« less