Getting Past What You'll Never Get Over

October 15, 2012
Westfall has an alternative for those grappling with the rub some dirt on it approach to dealing with pain and heartache. Rather than suffer the dual insult of a painful experience and the inability to get over it, he suggests that we become comfortable with the permanence of our wounds in order to truly come to terms with them. The founding pastor of Seattle's Harbor Church, Westfall walks readers through discussions on fear, bitterness, and other negative emotions that bind us to past angst, in an easy, approachable manner. He draws upon a host of personal experiences culled from his own life and those of his family members and friends to paint intimate portraits of how life's hurts and disappointments can stymie us, and how to make peace with them. Westfall is always careful to draw the reader's attention back to scripture and its usefulness in emotional problem solving, but he does so in a way that won't scare off more secular readers. For those seeking a gentle, faith-based approach to coping with trauma, this volume is just the thing.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2012, American Library Association.)