A Ministry Resource
Life After The Shadow
by Tom Hammergren
A faithful companion for those navigating life after a cancer diagnosis — and for the care partners who walk beside them. Written with tenderness, honesty, and the deep conviction that God does not abandon us in the valley.
Published by Christian Faith Publishing
What This Book Offers
Life After The Shadow was not written from a distance. Tom Hammergren wrote it from inside the experience — as a patient, as a person of faith, and as someone who searched for resources that spoke honestly about what it means to live with a cancer diagnosis and still believe in the goodness of God.
This book does not offer easy answers. It offers something more enduring: a steady hand, a quiet word of scripture, and the assurance that others have walked this road and found their way through. Whether you are newly diagnosed, deep in treatment, or learning to live as a survivor, these pages were written for you.
It is also a gift for care partners — spouses, children, friends — who carry their own quiet grief and need their own place to be seen.
What You Will Find Inside
Spiritual grounding
Scripture-rooted reflections that meet you in the hard places without pretense or easy comfort.
Practical tools
Gentle, actionable guidance from others for navigating the mental emotional and spiritual landscape of a cancer diagnosis.
A voice that understands
Written by someone who has stood where you are standing — not as an observer, but as a fellow traveler.
Strategies for care partners
Dedicated space for those who love someone with cancer and carry their own unseen weight.
Deepen the Journey with the Workbook
The Personal Workbook is a companion to this book — pages set aside for your own prayers, reflections, and the slow, sacred work of finding your footing again. Available to registered members of our community.
About the Author
Tom Hammergren
Tom Hammergren is the founder of Life After The Shadow ministry. Drawing from his own experience as a cancer patient and his faith, he created this ministry to offer the kind of companionship he wished he had found — honest, unhurried, and deeply rooted in the belief that life after a cancer diagnosis can still be full of meaning, purpose, and grace.
Tom also hosts the Life After The Shadow podcast alongside Deacon George Labelle.
This book was written for you.
Wherever you are on this road — newly diagnosed, deep in treatment, learning to live as a survivor, or a care partner — there is a place for you in these pages.