Facing Pain Finding Hope: A Physician Examines Pain, Faith, and the Healing Stories of Jesus

Harvard-trained physician Daniel Hurley lives in a world of suffering–the Chicago hospitals and the examining rooms of a famous clinic where he treats patients afflicted with chronic pain. He uses all the tools of modern medicine in his work of healing, but his patients’ struggles frequently raise questions of faith. In Facing Pain, Finding Hope, Dr. Hurley explores what he calls the intimacy of suffering and faith. It is a place where afflicted people encounter the Jesus of the Gospels– a doctor with no rushed appointment schedule, no need of malpractice insurance.

Dr. Hurley shows how an intimate reading of the gospels can open new horizons of healing for people in pain. He invites sufferers–and those who live with them–into a dialogue with Jesus the healer. He will not shirk the questions asked of him, he writes. The question is how we will handle the questions he poses to us.