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When Skies Aren't Blue: A Physician's Personal Journey Kindle Edition

by Andy Laurie (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 452 ratings

What do you do when the skies in your life turn dark?

There are many struggles in this difficult world that can darken our skies. It may be ongoing health issues, depression/anxiety, relationship struggles, financial calamity and so much more.

Andy Laurie, MD, had seemingly the perfect life. He had a successful medical practice. He was starting a second career as a pastor. He was young and healthy. He had a beautiful, loving wife and four small children. His life could not have been better. It was nothing but blue skies.

Then, the unthinkable hit. He was struck with a devastating illness. The skies of his once-wonderful life became dark, very dark.

Dr. Laurie has been battling illness for nearly two decades. He has now courageously shared his story with you. Relying on nearly thirty years of medical practice and over twenty years in the ministry, Dr. Laurie has written prescriptions for you to find hope, strength, contentment, joy, and even victory when the struggles of life have darkened your blue skies.

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Dr. Andy Laurie is a board-certified radiologist who received his medical degree from UC San Diego. He did his post graduate residency at the University of Arizona. He practiced emergency radiology for nearly thirty years before illness caused him to recently retire. In addition, he has been a pastor at The Bridge Christian Church in Tucson, Arizona, for nearly twenty years. For much of this time, he has courageously battled a devastating disease of the autonomic nervous system. Dr. Laurie and his wife, Cyndi, were married in 1991 after he graduated from medical school. They have four grown children and make their home in Tucson with their beloved dogs.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0977PY6H1
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Andy Laurie, MD (June 13, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 13, 2021
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Dr. Andy Laurie suffers from POTS which is a devastating disease of the autonomic nervous system. He wants to take you on his journey from health to sickness. Come and feel what he has gone through in battling this disease and the dark skies that have gone with it. Come and learn from his over 30 years of medical practice and over 20 years as a pastor. Come and experience the joy as you put his prescriptions into place and see those dark skies in your life begin to turn blue. Come and take the journey with Dr. Laurie.

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  • Karen M Goyette
    5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2023
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    Great book by MD Andy Laurie. He was in the prime of his life as a doctor a pastor a husband and father when hit with a terrible illness. This is a must read for anyone that deals with chronic illnesses or if you are in the health field or counseling etc to help better understand not only your patients but for those dealing with the illness whatever it may be how to accept and cope with your life with a different understanding. And although this is based on belief in God even if you don't believe I think it has valuable lessons.
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  • Marez
    5.0 out of 5 stars Encouraging and Intensely Practical Book!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2024
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    For anyone who has endured your own dark skies for longer than you thought possible. I love to read but don't normally go back to a book for reminders of its wisdom. I expect to go back to THIS book often. Highly recommend!
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  • Leslie
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2023
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    Dr. Laurie did a great job in this book. It touched my heart . I also used The Canvas Of Life example in the book in my son. He was having a hard time at school with some bullying. I do recommend this book to anyone struggling with chronic illness.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars well done:)True facts organized in a
    Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2025
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    True facts organized in a terrific way to help the rest of us get through the “red dots”. Thank you
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  • Gentle Reader
    5.0 out of 5 stars So inspiring
    Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2022
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    I have a dear friend who is going through something similar and hoped this book might help. I decided to read it before I recommended it, in case it had an underlying negative message. Certainly it could have, given what the author is going through! It is an incredible show of faith that he could write an inspirational book under the circumstances. And it definitely is inspiring! I don't have health issues that compare in any way, yet I gained so much from reading Dr. Laurie's story. Whatever issue is bringing you down and leaving you discouraged, this book will lift you up and change your attitude. I borrowed it with KU but just bought a copy and plan to read it a second time and make notes of the suggestions. And I'll be buying a copy for my friend as well! Thank you for writing When Skies Aren't Blue!
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  • Lynn D Moore
    5.0 out of 5 stars Important Read for Better Spiritual Health!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2023
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    Having met Andy and Cyndi this past year when our vacation travels led us to Ruidoso, I was eager to read this book. Like this amazing couple, I found the wisdom of this book couched in humble, clearly explanatory terms. He is still practicing the medicine so many of us need: physical and spiritual concepts, biblically based and borne out through his own experience. My life is further along the Way for having met him and read this wonderful book!
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  • Parks R.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great thought provoking Christian approach to major life changes.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2021
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    Pastor Andy does a great job presenting his illness and his walk thru the process of finding solutions, all the while giving God the credit for all the help with plenty of reassuring and appropriate Bible passages and prayers and being able to see who is really behind his problems. Spoiler alert, It’s not God! He is truly a great example of how to live like a Christian with such a terrible disease. His use of “The Pile of Rocks” is such a great reference for how to “see” God’s hand in our daily lives and how to be reminded of these events that we can so quickly and easily forget. When we look at our past obstacles (that pile of rocks) and can see the Glory of God in every one of them, it’s reassuring that God is there guiding us for the next hiccups that come our way.
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  • Dianne Moon
    5.0 out of 5 stars The most riveting and profound book, other than the Bible that I have ever read!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2022
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    In this deeply moving and personal book I am truly in awe of the faith and life of the author. How can we learn to have such undying assurance of God's love that will sustain us thru all of the dark hour's of our lives? I honestly pray that God will lead all of our friends and family, as well as myself, to feel and be as close to our Lord as he has become. Please Lord make it possible!
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