The Fifth Floor
eBook - ePub

The Fifth Floor

A Story of Returning to Wonder

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eBook - ePub

The Fifth Floor

A Story of Returning to Wonder

About this book

Molly Mattocks spent nearly a decade in full-time ministry before her three-year-old daughter was diagnosed with cancer. She then spent the next decade as a full-time caregiver, until together they made the decision to stop treatment. Everything she thought she knew for sure in that first decade fell to the earth and shattered in the second. Because what works in a church pew doesn't work in a children's hospital. With heartache and humility Mattocks provides sacred glimpses of life on the oncology unit, discovering that while her body has never been more tired, her soul has never been more fully awake. As patients around them continue to die and her own daughter's disease continues to progress, Mattocks begins to wonder if systematic theology has taught us to expect something from God that is far more human than it is divine. The Fifth Floor is an anthem for anyone that has lived with unanswered prayers or been taught to believe that God somehow needed their suffering to execute his plan. It's a story of dying to doctrines, surrendering certainty, and learning to leave some questions unanswered. Ultimately, it's a story that asks, What if the structured system of faith we have designed to better understand our Creator actually limits our ability to fully see him?

Information

Publisher
Resource Publications
Year
2026
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9798385292059
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. 1. Santa Was Coming
  3. 2. 97 Percent
  4. 3. Fifth Street
  5. 4. Chuck E. Cheese
  6. 5. Cincinnati
  7. 6. Oranges
  8. 7. Less of a Mother
  9. 8. Awakening
  10. 9. Only for a Little Bit
  11. 10. The Playroom
  12. 11. Gilgal
  13. 12. Miss Judy
  14. 13. Re-Birthday
  15. 14. Kate’s Mother’s Eyes
  16. 15. It Is Finished
  17. 16. Almost Normal
  18. 17. Relapse
  19. 18. Baby Mary
  20. 19. The Thing She’d Never Said Before
  21. 20. Our “Last” Trip to the Beach
  22. 21. A Zero
  23. 22. Choices
  24. 23. Black Hearts
  25. 24. May 6
  26. 25. Spiritual Practice
  27. 26. When Death Is Grace
  28. 27. Our Last Admission
  29. 28. The Beach
  30. 29. Target
  31. 30. California
  32. 31. Yes, You Are
  33. 32. Goodnight Moon
  34. 33. Every Day, Forever
  35. Epilogue

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