Description: ""We tend to use words like miracle and mystery in the
context of serendipity. In this frank and eloquent account of life
transformed by cancer, Deanna Thompson explores these articles of
faith as they are also wont to appear--on the hard edges of hope
and the dark side of joy."" --Krista Tippett, from the Foreword
Hoping for More is a story of a young religion professor with a
stage IV cancer diagnosis and a lousy prognosis for the future.
Amid the grief and the grace of her fractured life, this
theologian--who is also a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and
friend--searches for words adequate to express her faltering faith.
More Anne Lamott meets Harold Kushner than the teller of a pious,
God-saved-me-from-cancer tale, Thompson unpacks the messy realities
that arise when faith and suffering collide. Told in shimmering
prose, Hoping for More takes readers on an unsentimental journey
through the valley of the shadow of cancer--beyond the predictable
parameters of prayer, the church, even belief in life after death.
What emerges is a novel approach to talking faith and accepting
grace when hope is all you've got. Endorsements: ""Deanna
Thompson's honest and faithful book shows how healing happens in
community, and how blessing is found amid doubt and pain. This is a
book of grace."" --Sara Miles Author of Take This Bread (2007) and
Jesus Freak (2010) ""I learned so much by reading this book, as a
pastor, friend, and mother. Thompson's insights are for everyone
who has ever struggled with serious illness or loved someone who
has, which means that this book is ultimately for everyone. If you
have ever wondered, ""What do I say?"" or ""What do I do?"" this
book offers wise counsel, with humor, intellect, and, most of all,
grace. In Hoping for More, you get to eavesdrop on the intimate
thoughts of someone worth listening to. In the end, Thompson's
deepest theological insights are not about cancer but about life
itself."" --Lillian Daniel Senior Minister, First Congregational
Church UCC, Glen Ellyn, Illinois Author of This Odd and Wondrous
Calling (2009) and Tell It Like It Is: Reclaiming the Practice of
Testimony (2006) ""Thompson stands in her cancer with rare, radical
awakeness to its bracing truth . . . and gives us a moving,
life-lived testimony to the graciousness of grace."" --Serene Jones
President of Union Theological Seminary ""In Hoping for More,
Deanna Thompson presents her extraordinary journey of diagnosis and
treatment of stage IV breast cancer. Thanks to her strong personal
voice, reading this book is like listening to a friend tell you
about part of her life over a cup of tea. Of the many miracles in
this book is Deanna's ability to reflect on her faith, illness, and
loved ones at the same time. She quietly offers a systematic
theology enriched by living with cancer--making this book a
valuable resource for those interested in the intersection of
medicine and faith."" --Monica A. Coleman Associate Professor of
Constructive Theology and African American Religions, Claremont
School of Theology Author of Not Alone: Reflections on Faith and
Depression (2012) About the Contributor(s): Deanna A. Thompson is
Professor of Religion at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota,
and author of Crossing the Divide: Luther, Feminism, and the Cross.
She lives with her husband and two daughters in St. Paul
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