When Thoughts and Prayers Arent Enou..., Taylor Schumann
When Thoughts and Prayers Arent Enou..., Taylor Schumann
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When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough
A Shooting Survivor's Journey into the Realities of Gun Violence

Author: Taylor Schumann

Narrator: Lisa Larsen

Unabridged: 8 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/20/2021

Synopsis

Taylor Schumann never thought she'd be a victim of gun violence. But one spring day a man with a shotgun walked into her workplace and opened fire on her. While she survived, she was left with permanent wounds, both visible and invisible.

In When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough, Taylor invites us to see what it means to be a survivor after the news vehicles drive away and the media moves on. Healing is slow and complicated. As she suffered through surgeries, grueling rehabilitation, and counseling to repair the physical injuries and emotional trauma, she came face to face with the deep and lasting impact of gun violence. As she began grappling with the realities, Taylor experienced another painful truth: Christians have largely been absent from this issue. Gun violence undercuts God's vision of abundant life and community—and the silence of the church rings loudly in the ears of survivors and families of victims.

Taylor weaves her own incredible story of survival and recovery into a larger conversation about gun violence in our country. With compassion and honesty, she encourages listeners to reconsider their own engagement with the issue and to join her in envisioning a more hopeful, safer future for our nation. Move beyond thoughts and prayers and enter into grace-filled dialogue and action.

About Taylor Schumann

Taylor S. Schumann is a survivor of the April 2013 shooting at a college in Christiansburg, Virginia. She is a writer and activist whose writing has appeared in Christianity Today, Sojourners, and Fathom. She is also a contributor to If I Don't Make It, I Love You: Survivors in the Aftermath of School Shootings. Taylor and her family live in Charleston, South Carolina.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kaitlyn on April 09, 2021

For such a polarizing topic, it strikes me that the first words I think of after reading the final page of "When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough" are: vulnerable, honest, well-researched, gracious. Will every reader bring their own thoughts, opinions, and beliefs to this book? Absolutely. Will so......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on May 30, 2022

A book that I find myself having some disagreements with and a disconnect due to the religious aspects, but one I think is really well done and would be maybe a perfect book to recommend to others. Not a book with all the solution, but one that should be read in order to at least start conversations......more

Goodreads review by Jacqie on August 31, 2021

This book definitely taught me alot and made me question, do we actually have efficient gun laws in place. This is told by the survivor of a gun shooting, and the way she tells the story is absolutely amazing and will give you chills. I cannot imagine being shot, almost losing my life 6 weeks before......more

Goodreads review by Felicia on January 09, 2024

When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough is an eloquent yet accessible look into the realities of gun violence in America. The first half of the book is Taylor’s story. It’s raw and real and vulnerable. She describes the shooting and the aftermath of what we don’t see when we turn off the news and sh......more

Goodreads review by Collin on November 03, 2021

I'm so grateful Taylor wrote this book. It's challenging, wise, and compassionate. She balances her own story as a shooting survivor with practical suggestions on how to reform gun laws in the United States and makes a compelling case. We need to read works that challenge our paradigms, especially w......more

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