Joy Amid Stress

Klimes, Rudolf

ISBN 10: 1886304114 / ISBN 13: 9781886304116

Published by LearnWell Press, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Joy Amid Stress
• Publisher: LearnWell Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1886304114
• ISBN 13: 9781886304116
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

The book contains 13 discussion guides each for experiencing joy amid stress, and for healing of stress, based mainly on the book of Philippians.

While designed for group use, it is also helpful for readers who are seeking to substitute the joy of living for their everyday stress.

About the Author

Rudy Klimes was born in Sternberk, Moravia, Czech Republic. He was a citizen of Czechoslovakia by birth, a citizen of Germany by proclamation, and a citizen of Canada by naturalization. Since 1986, he has been a citizen of the United States.

As a child, he lived under the oppressive occupations of Hitler and Stalin. A survivor of the Holocaust and the Communist takeover of his home country, Rudy learned four languages before finally settling on English as his working language. Two ancient languages that were early in his curriculum were Latin and Greek. In Asia, he studied and used Malay, Korean and Japanese.

In 1948 he escaped the Iron Curtain with his father and brother and settled in Canada. Within three years, at the age of 19, he started teaching school, an occupation that has been his lifelong work.

After marrying a fellow teacher named Anna Homenchuk in 1954 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Rudy and Anna attended Walla Walla College in Walla Walla, Washington, where he earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Education. Later Rudy earned a PhD from Indiana University, a Doctorate in Ministry from McCormick Theological Seminary and a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. Rudy and Anna have been married over 50 years.

Rudy and Anna worked as missionaries in the Far East for 26 years. In South Korea and Japan, and later in Hong Kong, Rudy served as college president. (Most likely the only individual who worked in that capacity in the three chopstick cultures.) In 1969, the Minister of Education of Korea awarded him the Outstanding Service Award, and the President of Korea, the Order of Civil Merit, named the DongBaeg Medal.