The Gift Of Suffering
From the Floor of the Truck to the Promised LandBy Rodney J PennerRecorded TrackLength3h 59m
About this audiobook
Rodney Penner spent decades running, from God, from grief, from himself. Through failed businesses, broken relationships, addiction, and loss, he kept moving, never stopping long enough to face what was chasing him.
This is the story of what happened when he finally did.
The Gift of Suffering traces one man's journey from the floor of a truck in rural Manitoba to a life rebuilt on faith, purpose, and the hard-won wisdom that only comes through the fire. It is not a self-help book. It is a confession, and an invitation to stop running.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length3 hrs 59 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMay 15, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Prologue, The Oldest Idea
3Chapter 1, The Floor of the Truck
4Chapter 2, What a Lie Looks Like at 13
5Chapter 3, The Boy Who Asked for Wisdom
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6Chapter 4, The Boy Who Saw Me
7Chapter 5, Alberta and the Long Way Home
8Chapter 6, Roland
9Chapter 7, Building Other People’s Stairs
10Chapter 8, Thrainn
11Chapter 9, Irina
12Chapter 10, The Retreat
13Chapter 11, Souris
14Chapter 12, The Fracture
15Chapter 13, The Pattern
16Chapter 14, Haggai
17Chapter 15, The Breakfast Meeting
18Chapter 16, Forty
19Chapter 17, October 17
20Chapter 18, The Truck Headlights
21Epilogue, Worthy of the Seat
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