Rob Rienow

While some hurtful family relationships may seem damaged beyond repair, there is still hope for reconciliation and spiritual renewal. In "Healing Family Relationships: A Guide to Peace and Reconciliation", Rob Rienow, Doctor of Ministry, offers practical guidelines, biblical insights, and personal stories (including the healing of his relationship with his own father). Not much in our lives is more painful than broken relationships with loved ones. Such situations have negative effects on every aspect of our lives. Dr. Rienow acknowledges "the power of forgiveness" and advises healing through Prayer, Repentance, Listening, Acceptance, Spiritual Warfare, Boundaries, Compassion, Patience, Mediators, and Mercy. He then explains how the positive effects of spiritual healing and reconciliation can work life-changing miracles down through generations. He includes his own story of how his troubled relationship with his father came full circle. No matter how deep the rifts may seem in relationships with loved ones, don't give up. Instead, clarify in your mind what you need to do and what you want the outcome to be--then work as hard as you can spiritually--and every way--to hold on to those you hold most dear.

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NCLA Review: Many Christian parents grieve over their unbelieving adult children. “Why?” we agonize. “Where did we go wrong?” Rob Rienow realizes that even the best parenting cannot ensure our children will become Christians, but he suggests countercultural practices that increase the possibility. Though I consider some of those ideas unrealistic, they offer hope and guidance to younger parents. More pertinent, I felt, is his emphasis on establishing a good relationship with adult children who are hostile to their parents’ religion. He offers dialogue scripts that seemed unnatural, but might come across better when personalized with more than the insertion of the child’s name. Rienow writes with a fundamentalist’s perspective and terminology. Yet I think any troubled parent can take courage from his conviction that one should never fully write off an erring child. Evidence abounds of conversions following years of rejection. It’s a good book for a church library. Rating: 3 —DKW… (más)