COVER ILLUSTRATION: A scene from the series of engravings on the Book of Job by William Blake (1757-1827) shows Job surrounded by his wife and his three friends. His herds, sons and daughters are gone. Job is covered with sores. Job’s companions “sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was” (Job 2:13). In this issue of Channels several articles and book reviews touch on suffering.
ARTICLES
The Human Sexuality Report
Ministering to Those with Life-Threatening Diseases – Kenneth Oakes
Suffering and the Search for Renewal – Jack Archibald
“Beyond Belief” – Roger Judd
A Prayer of “Expectancy” – Edward P. Mason
Prayer Helps to Keep the Bloom in Marriage – Esther Mcllveen
Living Churches: A Hope of Life and Growth – George Anderson
Helping the Lonely – W. Stanford Reid
REVIEWS
Trojan Horse, by Donald L. Faris – Howard Mcllveen
Living with Dying, by George Lea Harper, Jr. – Kit Schindell
Up Against It, by James Philip – John Vaudry
Learning to Worship as a Way of Life, by Graham Kendrick – Nancy Bettridge