When Faced With Life-Transitional Changes Not All Crises Are Bad Experiences!

Suffering With Dignity: The Pathway to Ultimate Shalom. Outskirts Press. This scholarly book is a holistically research review of the negative and positive impact of human suffering. The author pulls from his multifaceted experiences as a health-care professional, chaplain, pastor, and lifelong disciple of Jesus of Nazareth, offering timely and very useful information that reveal to the reader the intrinsic complexity of our human nature and our response to suffering. Inspired by the inward and outward nobleness of family members, friends, coworkers, and patients that he served, all of which displayed great courage and dignity during acute and long-termed crises, our author penned Suffering With Dignity as a living document of encouragement, strength, and hope for any person who will encounter life’s trials and tribulations. The research in Suffering with Dignity multidimensional (i.e., theological, Biblical, medical, scientific, anthropological, psychological, spiritual and very personal). Thus, anyone (with or without religious affiliation) can gain very important knowledge that can be immediately helpful. The potentially cathartic benefits of reading Suffering with Dignity make this well-balance, holistically researched book highly recommendable to everyone. It can readily be utilized as a personal handbook, an inspirational tool, a pastoral counseling manual, or a teaching tool for pastors and ministers.

Dr. Thornton has a doctorate degree in Ministry from Luther Rice College and Seminary. His research project was in the area of soul-care for those who are victims of domestic violence. He also completed clinical pastoral education, which serves his calling to work as a chaplain as well as provide biblical and theological education for the Body of Christ.