With Sighs Too Deep for Words

Grace and Depression

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

AvA. Robert Hirschfeld,A Robert Hirschfeld

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A meditation and prayer companion for Christians who struggle with depressionThe stigma around mental illness in our culture has had a damaging effect on those who suffer from its grip. As a priest and bishop, Hirschfeld has quietly and secretly been in treatment for depression for decades but now shares his own experience publicly. In this book, he offers short meditations, prayers, and suggestions of how one can follow and call upon Jesus for strength and peace during times of emotional upheaval.Christians often feel that their experience of depression or mental illness is a reflection of a deficit in their faith. As a result of seeing depression as a moral shortcoming or spiritual failure, we risk more damage to ourselves and even hurt those around us by denying what is really going on. This book, with its prayers and practical suggestions for spiritual and creative practices and resilience, can be a companion for those who suffer so that they may know more deeply the resilient love of Jesus.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-07-02
Mått140 x 216 x 7 mm
Vikt159 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor128
FörlagChurch Publishing Inc
ISBN9781640652606

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A. Robert Hirschfeld served as a parish priest in academic communities (Yale, University of Connecticut, the Five Colleges of the Amherst, Massachusetts region) until becoming the Tenth Bishop of New Hampshire. His studies in literature and existential philosophy have informed his interpretation of the scriptural themes of alienation from God and the restoration of human dignity in Jesus. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College (BA English, 1983) and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale (MDiv 1991, DD 2013). He lives in Concord, New Hampshire.

“With Sighs Too Deep for Words originates in the author's revelation of the personal secret of depression. The woods, rocks, soil, and rivers of New England are the harsh and riveting landscape where he explores suffering and beauty, pain and gift. This book is an exercise of courage and sacrifice, an offering for which I and many, many others will be immensely grateful.” —The Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, Dean and President, Seminary of the Southwest