About the Book

Cries from the Heart answers a specific hunger millions share - a longing for a personal connection to the divine. In times of crisis, all of us reach for someone, or something, greater than ourselves. Some call it prayer. Others just do it. For many, it’s often like talking to a wall. People are looking for assurance that someone hears them when they cry out in their despair, loneliness, or frustration. The last thing they need is another book telling them how to pray or what to say, holding out religion like a good-luck charm. So instead of theorizing or preaching, Johann Christoph Arnold tells stories about real men and real women dealing with adversity. Their difficulties - which range from extreme to quite ordinary and universal - resonate with readers, offering a challenge, but also comfort and encouragement. People will see themselves in these glimpses of anguish, triumph, and peace.

Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5
ISBN: 978-0874869804

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Praise

I love a riveting story that won't go away. That's exactly the type of word picture that Johann Christoph Arnold paints, from dark to light, from despair to courage, from pain to joy, from doubt to faith. But always, Arnold points our crying toward the light.

Diane Komp, author, Breakfast for the Heart

Cries from the Heart is written by someone who knows heartache and what life is like on the other side…Arnold embraces our despair and restores our confidence.

Donna Schaper, author, Shelter for the Spiritually Homeless

In Cries from the Heart, Johann Christoph Arnold offers a simple but profound gift—a word of hope.

John Dear, Fellowship of Reconciliation

Tablet of Contents

  1.  searching – God finds an atheist
  2.  finding – is someone really there?
  3.  believing – even when children die?
  4.  universality – call it what you will
  5.  god’s messengers – angels at work
  6.  emotional suffering – when you can’t pray
  7.  illness – where the doctor leaves off
  8.  despair – talking to a wall 
  9.  attitude – when prayer is difficult
  10.  reverence – meet your maker
  11.  letting go – my will be done
  12.  remorse – when you’ve messed up
  1. protection – alive to tell it 
  2. selflessness – someone needs you 
  3. service – words are not enough 
  4. contemplation – be quiet and listen 
  5. worship – giving thanks in a death camp 
  6. unity – divided we fall 
  7. marriage – unlocking horns
  8. unanswered prayer – isn’t "no" an answer?
  9. miracles – what do you expect?
  10. prayer in daily life – keeping the faith
  11. faithfulness – one thing never changes
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Prayer
Reconciliation