This Is Going to Hurt

“McNeel has offered us a prayer for those who suffer and for the clarity of redemption that believers and unbelievers alike may share. There is a name for the redemption this book advocates: empathy.”
—from the foreword by Frank Schaeffer

“Bekah McNeel offers a compelling challenge to the narratives that separate us from the suffering of others and, for the sake of healing, calls us to deeper compassion for all humanity.”
Katey Zeh, author of A Complicated Choice: Making Space for Grief and Healing in the Pro-Choice Movement

“This Is Going to Hurt reorients narratives and demands a courageous reader. McNeel calls the people of America to hear stories of suffering and pay attention to competing stories that lead us to tolerate that suffering. McNeel challenges her readers to be willing to pay the cost of entering into ‘healing stories’ that include choices that are painful but righteous. Wrestling with some of the most fundamental issues of our day, McNeel doesn’t shy away from addressing critical divisions within the church while calling us to respond more faithfully as witnesses to the cross.”
—Mae Elise Cannon, author of Social Justice Handbook: Small Steps for a Better World and Beyond Hashtag Activism: Comprehensive Justice in a Complicated Age