Machine generated contents note: Introduction: A Longing for Wholeness -- 1. A Painful Wound, a Powerful Kiss: A God Inviting Us to Boast in Our Scars -- 2. A Faulty Memory, a Nagging Thought: A God Reminding Us Who We Are -- 3. Power to Create, a Name That Deceives: A God Who Limps In as a Guest -- 4. Fearful Families, Terrible Sacrifices: A God at the Bottom of the Wall -- 5. A Natural Aloneness, an Evasive Search: The God Whose Rib Makes Us Whole -- 6. A Curated Image, Social Perfectionism: A God Who Perfectly Loves Our Imperfections -- 7. A Gruesome Rending, the Final Journey: The God Who Went First -- 8. A Frightening Encounter, an Outer-Body Experience: A God Who Makes Catastrophes Good -- 9. God's True Riches, the Church's True Scars: A God Who Invites Us to Remove the Veil -- Epilogue: My Hope and Prayer -- Notes

Have you ever tasted true freedom? Russell Joyce was born with a rare craniofacial disorder called Goldenhar syndrome, where the left side of his face was not formed. Years of patchwork surgeries made him more outwardly presentable, but not without deep pain and physical and emotional scars. But a life-changing encounter broke through to him with a power he never thought possible, in the very place he never thought to look--his broken face. This set Russell on a journey to understand what was hindering him and others from experiencing the power of God's grace and being truly set free. During a season of starting a new church in Brooklyn, New York, he learned how the broken places of our lives can be transformed when Jesus meets us in the realities of our woundedness. God doesn't love us despite our wounds but through those very wounds. By his scars we are healed, and we can find new depths of freedom in Christ, scars and all.A warning: this journey will not be easy. A promise: it will be well worth the risk