AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Seeing Through The Fog by Ed Dobson

It’s been a while since I’ve read a book with this much raw emotion.  In Seeing Through the Fog, Ed Dobson shares candidly about his diagnoses with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease), and his life afterward.  This book is part memoir and part theological discourse; laced with true emotion.  It removes all the hints of triteness that are usually present in a Christian discussion of terminal illness because it’s a Christian who is actually dying of a terminal illness doing the discussing.  There is a strangely hopeful sorrow when Dobson points out that no one has ever been cured of ALS.

This book has frequent shining moments.  Dobson recounts how he has helped others suffering with the same disease.  He gives startling insights about forgiveness, leaving a long-term ministry position, fundamentalism, discipleship, healing, and faith.  And all the thoughts and ideas are so much weightier; distilled and concentrated by the author’s own suffering.   I found myself hanging on his every word.  I felt sorrow when he shared about one companion’s death from ALS.  I laughed out loud at his story of two faith healers who come to his house and leave baffled when he isn’t immediately healed.

Arthur Morey’s narration is good and fits the tone of the book nicely.

While this book lacks the pure, unfiltered sorrow of A Grief Observed or the poetic vulnerability of The Return of the Prodigal Son, it nonetheless stands as a vital examination of the Christian response to suffering.  It is a shining testament to the power of faith in Jesus Christ.

Please Note: This audiobook was gifted as a part of the Christianaudio Reviewers Program in exchange for my unbiased review of this work. This has in no way influenced my opinion or review of this work.  More information can be found about this and other Christian audiobooks at christianaudio.com.