Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers
Finding Freedom from Hurt and Hate
- Counseling, Grief & Mental Health
- Publisher: W Publishing Group (Thomas Nelson)
- Published: 2014
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Publisher's Description
“If our families are to flourish, we will need to learn and practice ways of forgiving those who have had the greatest impact upon us: our mothers and fathers.” Do you struggle with the deep pain of a broken relationship with a parent? Leslie Leyland Fields and Dr. Jill Hubbard invite you to walk with them as they explore the following questions: What does the Bible say about forgiveness? Why must we forgive at all? How do we honor those who act dishonorably toward us, especially when those people are as influential as our parents? Can we ever break free from the “sins of our fathers”? What does forgiveness look like in the lives of real parents and children? Does forgiveness mean I have to let an estranged parent back into my life? Is it possible to forgive a parent who has passed away? Through the authors’ own compelling personal stories combined with a fresh look at the Scriptures, Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers illustrates and instructs in the practice of authentic forgiveness, leading you away from hate and hurt toward healing, hope, and freedom. "A call to very hard, but very vital, work of the soul." —Dr. Henry Cloud, leadership expert, psychologist, and best-selling author " Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers is essential reading for anyone who wants to deal with those hurts in a constructive, healing, and God-honoring manner." —Jim Daly, president, Focus on the Family "Leslie Leyland Fields and Jill Hubbard take us into raw, messy stories so we can be transformed by that mysterious and painful grace in the force called forgiveness." —Scot McKnight, Northern Seminary
Endorsements (8)
“I have never seen anyone truly thrive who had not forgiven their parents, even for awful things. This is a call to very hard, but very vital, work of the soul.”
Dr. Henry Cloud
“At Focus on the Family we hear from many adults who are burdened by pain, bitterness, and deep emotional wounds as a result of parental abuse, neglect, or abandonment during childhood. I understand that pain because that was my own experience. Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers is essential reading for anyone who wants to deal with those hurts in a constructive, healing, and God-honoring manner.”
“Forgiving Our Mothers and Fathers is a book of courage—the courage to listen to the Bible and the stories of others who have experienced soul-wrenching forgiveness and reconciliation, the courage to confront pain and bewilderment, the courage to enter into forgiveness in a way that both wounds and heals. Leslie Leyland Fields and Jill Hubbard take us into raw, messy stories so we can be transformed by that mysterious and painful grace in the force called forgiveness.”
“I loved Jill’s award-winning book The Secrets Young Women Keep. Now Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers is even better! Leslie’s purposeful journey, together with Jill’s experienced insights, profoundly guides us in how to live a higher calling. If you question whether or not unresolved issues with your parents are affecting your life, this is the book for you.”
“In Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers, Leslie Leyland Fields and Jill Hubbard provide a gutsy, honest portrayal of the journey to honor a parent in the face of a painful legacy of neglect and abuse. Full of compassion and conviction, this book echoes the promise that one can find mercy to forgive and freedom to live, even out from under the most destructive parenting relationship. A testimony to the power of faith and the possibility of redemption, Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers offers bright hope that our most defining relationships can change through the love and mercy of God that enables us to forgive.”
“Leslie Leyland Fields’s story of forgiveness of her father, and the journey that takes her on, is nothing short of amazing and inspiring! Combined with Dr. Jill Hubbard’s clinical look and review at the conclusion of each chapter, this is a book for everyone. Whether it’s a parent, other family member, friend, work associate, church member or neighbor, we all have forgiveness issues to deal with, and this book helps you see why and how to walk through them. It’s a keeper!”
“What do we do with a mother or father who destroys a part of our soul? In Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers, Leslie Leyland Fields and Jill Hubbard offer us an extraordinarily compassionate, eminently practical, and solidly Christian answer. I highly recommend this book for anyone who craves the psychological healing and spiritual renewal that can only come through forgiveness.”
“One of the most important development stages that allows us to become fully adult is to emotionally separate ourselves from our parents. To not face the reality of our childhoods and forgive our parents is to remain in emotional bondage, to limit the potential of our adult destiny that God has in store for us, and to remain perpetually defined and shaped by our families of origin. “Leslie Leyland Fields and Dr. Jill Hubbard have teamed up to write a compelling book that helps us understand the positive impact of facing our reality, then forgiving those who have hurt us. If you want to experience more emotional freedom and feel more like an adult, then start reading this this wonderfully written book.”
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