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    Stepping into the Ring: Fighting for Hope Over Despair in the Battle Against Breast Cancer
    Stepping into the Ring: Fighting for Hope Over Despair in the Battle Against Breast Cancer
    Stepping into the Ring: Fighting for Hope Over Despair in the Battle Against Breast Cancer
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    Stepping into the Ring: Fighting for Hope Over Despair in the Battle Against Breast Cancer

    By Nicole Johnson

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    Using the story of her breast cancer diagnosis, Nicole Johnson offers her readers insights for dealing with major losses of all kinds while extending genuine hope to those stuck in despair.

    "Finding out I had cancer was like going to sleep in my own bed and suddenly waking up in the middle of a boxing ring. Out of the clear blue I am standing toe-to-toe with the Heavyweight Champion of the World, the crowd is looking on, and I am in my pajamas and don’t even know how to throw a punch.”

    Stepping into the Ring is the 2002 Women of Faith® drama sketch by Nicole Johnson, possibly her most powerful piece of writing to date.

    "Women have always had a unique fellowship of suffering," Nicole says. Where is the woman old or young who will not shed a tear and silently scream in her heart as she walks in these pages through the diagnosis of breast cancer and the devastation that ensues? This is a "must" read for breast cancer patients and their loved ones.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateOct 17, 2011
    ISBN9781418529734
    Stepping into the Ring: Fighting for Hope Over Despair in the Battle Against Breast Cancer
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    Nicole Johnson

    Nicole Johnson, author of Fresh Brewed Life, has a uniquely creative voice. As an accomplished writer, speaker, and actor, Nicole has performed in thousands of churches and venues over the last twenty-five years, including more than a decade of touring with the national conference Women of Faith. Nicole lives in Santa Monica, CA with her husband and two children. Nicole writes regularly at www.nicolejohnson.org

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      Book preview

      Stepping into the Ring - Nicole Johnson

      STEPPING into the

      RING

      ALSO BY

      NICOLE JOHNSON

      Fresh Brewed Life

      Dropping Your Rock

      Nicole Johnson Live (video):

      Funny Stuff Women Can Relate To

      Nicole Johnson Live II (video):

      Stepping into the Ring

      www.freshbrewedlife.com

      STEPPING into the

      RING

      Fighting for Hope over Despair

      IN THE BATTLE AGAINST BREAST CANCER

      Nicole Johnson

      SteppingIntotheRing_LSI_0005_001

      © 2002 Nicole Johnson.

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored

      in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic,

      mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations

      in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.

      Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson.

      Thomas Nelson is a registered trademark of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

      Scripture quotations are from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.

      Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission

      of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

      ISBN 978-1-4002-7812-1 (tp)

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Johnson, Nicole.

      Stepping into the ring: fighting for hope over despair

      in the battle against breast cancer/by Nicole Johnson.

      p. cm.

      ISBN 978-0-8499-1781-3 (hc)

      1. Breast cancer—Patients—Religious life.

      2. Breast Cancer—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title.

      BV4910.33 .J64 2003

      248.8’619699449—dc21

      2002010583

      Printed in the United States of America

      09 10 11 12 13 — 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      Contents

      Round I: The Heavyweight Champion of the World

      Round II: Putting on the Gloves

      Round III: Choosing Your Corner

      Round IV: Below the Belt

      Round V: Taking It on the Chin

      Round VI: Hits from the Blind Side

      Round VII: Down, but Not Out

      Round VIII: The Killer Punch

      Round IX: The New Heavyweight Champion

      Every three minutes a woman in this country is diagnosed with breast cancer. Although I haven’t had the disease myself, I have been deeply inspired by courageous women who have. Some of these women have shared their stories with

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