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God Meets Us in Our Suffering Hope and Encouragement for Those Journeying Through Cancer Rolf A. Jacobson with Karl N. Jacobson and Michael Pancoast Three pastors who went through cancer together reflect on how God meets us in suffering with grace and power, offering hope for those who suffer and their caregivers. “An indispensable companion for patients, their families, and the medical community.” —Kate Bowler, Duke Divinity School; author of Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved “Beautiful, heartrending, hope-filled, laugh-out-loud funny.” —Deanna A. Thompson, author of Glimpsing Resurrection: Cancer, Trauma, and Ministry Rolf A. Jacobson (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is professor of Old Testament and Alvin N. Rogness Chair of Scripture, Theology, and Ministry at Luther Seminary. A survivor of childhood cancer, he has lived with disability for more than forty years. Karl Jacobson (1969–2024; PhD, Providence Theological School) was a Lutheran pastor, cancer survivor, and theologian known for his deep love of the Psalms. Michael Pancoast (MDiv, Luther Seminary), a cancer survivor, is associate pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Anoka, Minnesota. The Vanishing Church How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us Ryan P. Burge Data scientist Ryan Burge shows how much the American religious landscape has changed over the past fifty years and why polarization is destroying faith, community, and democracy. “Ryan brings years of research to bear on sketching out the contours of a church broken in half by polarization. With churches shifting to political and theological extremes, moderate Christians are left without faith communities to call home. The questions he raises about political extremes and the fortunes of faith in America are some of the most critical questions of our time, and the answers he provides, though bracing, offer some room for hope.” —Elizabeth Bruenig, staff writer for The Atlantic Ryan P. Burge (PhD, Southern Illinois University) is professor of practice at the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University. He pastored an American Baptist church for more than seventeen years.
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