Healing Touch and Saving Word

"Is sacramental anointing the same as last rites?""Don't you have to have some kind of special gift to be part of the Church's healing ministry?""Why am I sick? Is it God's punishment?""Ever since I became sick, I don't feel like myself anymore."If life is a journey, what happens when our way is obstructed by sickness or failing health? In Healing Touch and Saving Word, Linda Malia draws upon the rich theology of the Anglican tradition personified in the Episcopal Church's sacramental liturgies