Table of Contents
Introduction 9
D-O-G Spells Hope
Meet the Author's Pups 11
Part I Some Therapists Eat Kibble
The Giving Dog 15
God Gave Himself to Heal Us
How Paws Mend Cracked Hearts 20
God Heals Our Brokenness
His Dog Lights Up His Life 24
God Guides Us to Healing
The Dog That Taught Acceptance 28
God's Insights Bring Healing
It Took a Dog 31
God Unblocks Our Hearts
Paws That Unlocked Healing 36
God's Touch Is like No Other
Nick of-Time Nic 40
God Heals in His Timing
The Paws That Held a Heart 45
God Makes Healing Connections
The Dog That Helped a Dream Come True 49
God Heals Our Disappointments
Their Bright Spot Was a Dog 53
God Gives Us Healing Moments
The Listening Dog 57
Listening to God Brings Healing
A Paw Across the Chasm 61
With God, No Healing Is Impossible
Dogs, Doldrums, and Green Glasses 65
God Heals Our Perspective
Part II Doggie Doctor Knows Best
A "Dose" of Data 71
God's Prescriptions Are Perfect
Her Dogs Walked Her Through Cancer 76
God's Love Keeps Us Going
Kiki's Doggie Diagnostics 80
Our Great Physician Knows Us Inside Out
Dr. Fred and the Incredible, Unexpected, Not Very Wonderful but Ultimately Lifesaving Diagnosis 85
God Can Bring Gain from Pain
The Dog That Empowered a Peanut 89
Hope Is Healing
Nate's Chevy Gate 93
God Is Our Gate to Healing
The Dog at the End of Their Rope 97
God's Healing Gifts Amaze
Lifeline in Fur 101
Gad's Warnings Are Healing
The Dog That Made a Doctor Think Twice 106
God's Methods May Surprise Us
Her Dog Was a Doorway 111
Finding Meaning Brings Healing
The Marvelous Blessing of a Dog's Wake-up Call in the Nighttime 116
God Heals in Miraculous Ways
The Dogs That Rearranged a Life 120
Helping Others Is Healing
Part III When the Sky Falls, Call a Dog
Paramedic Pup 127
God's Healing Is Specific
A Furry Pore in a Storm 132
God's Refuge Is Healing
The Paws That Moved Mountains 137
Comfort Is Healing
Her Paw Lit a Candle 142
God Keeps Our Hope Alive
The Paw That Refreshes 146
God's Time-Outs Are Healing
A Healing Paw in Crisis 150
Facing Feelings Brings Healing
When He Wished Upon a Dog 155
God Sends Heating Help
A Very Present Paw in Trouble 159
God Is with Us in Trauma
Part IV Pet More, Stress Less
To Fret or to Pet? 167
Cast Your Stress on God
The Dog Whose Howls Brought Healing 170
God Feels Our Pain
Tranquilizer with Paws 174
God's Presence Is Healing
A Dog of Good Cheer 179
God Heals Through Relationships
Performance-Enhancing Dog? 183
Rest in God
Missy the Rock 186
God Is Our Strength
Calming to the Max 191
God Is with Us in Our Storms
Part V Life Ends Better with a Dog
Malachi's Mission 197
How Pain Can Be Healing
Quincy Care 201
God Gives Healing Joy
Healing Angel in Fur 204
God's Caring Is Healing
Dogs That Brightened Fading Lives 208
God Heals to the End
Ridge the Bridge 211
A Healing Bridge in Loss
Watchdog of Health 215
God's Watchmen Bring Healing
Paws and Passages 218
God's Healing Touch in Grief
Meet the Author 222
