A Shining Season

Tells the story of John Baker, a runner, elementary school teacher, and girls track coach, who struggled with cancer.

The Lansing State Journal awardwinning staff of writers and photographers relive the highlights of the Big Ten Conference's undisputed regular-season and postseason champ, its amazing 22-game winning streak, and its colossal rematch with Duke in the Final Four.

This book is a summary of the experiences and knowledge acquired by the author as a caregiver, as a researcher in the field of integral medicine, and as a Psycho-Oncologist, providing therapy and education to clients in the province of Alberta. Many books have been written on the psychobiology of health and healing and on the wisdom accummulated by the bodymind since inception. The research of Dr. Milton Erickson, his disciples and many other has already demonstrated that emotions and beliefs are most important components in the equation sickness-health. Through personal experiences as a prisoner in concentration camps and torture chambers, the author demonstrates how much control the individual has over emotions, pain and pain management.

Every person has spiritual life seasons! We all face different natural and spiritual seasons in our lives, some uplifting, some challenging, and some life changing. Through these seasons, we find ourselves in different mental and emotional states of mind or physical wellness. Trust God with your whole life in every natural and spiritual season to increase your hope and give you the radical strength, exceptional confidence, and crazy joy to outlast your circumstances! It is my prayer that the inspirations and devotionals of this book will encourage and inspire you to pursue the gift of life and eternal life that God has promised and called you into—peace, prosperity, abundance, health, and wholeness in Christ Jesus, hopefully and joyfully! No matter your state of existence in all seasons, you are never alone. God’s grace and mercy are with you as constant companions. My prayer for you is that you have enduring faith and increased desire with the purpose toward a fulfilling and more rewarding life in your higher calling in Christ Jesus.