Book Review: When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough

 

When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough

A Shooting Survivor's Journey into the Realities of Gun Violence

by Taylor S. Schumann

Pub Date 20 Jul 2021 | Archive Date 05 Aug 2021

 InterVarsity Press,  IVP

 Christian 

I am reviewing a copy of When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough through InterVarsity Press and Netgalley:

Taylor Schumann never Imagined she would be a victim of gun violence.   But on a spring day a man with a shotgun walked into her workplace and opened fire on her. While she survived, she was left with permanent wounds, both visible and invisible.

When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough, Taylor shows us what it’s like to e a survivor long after the news vans pull away, and the media finds interest in another story.  She shows us that healing can be slow and complicated As she suffered through surgeries, grueling rehabilitation, and counseling to repair the physical injuries and emotional trauma, she came face to face with the deep and lasting impact of gun violence. As she began grappling with the realities.  Taylor experienced another painful truth: Christians have largely been absent from this issue. Gun violence undercuts God's vision of abundant life and community—and the silence of the church rings loudly in the ears of survivors and families of victims.

In When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough Taylor weaves her own incredible story of survival and recovery into a larger conversation about gun violence in our country. With compassion and honesty, she encourages readers to reconsider their own engagement with the issue and to join her in envisioning a more hopeful, safer future for our nation. Move beyond thoughts and prayers and enter into grace-filled dialogue and action.

I give When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!