50 Books like A Quiet Mind to Suffer With

Blessed Are the Crazy

by Sarah Griffith Lund • 2014

Her father had bipolar, her brother wanted to die, her cousin was executed. She still believes.

4.24

202

🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Mental Illness 🙏 Faith And Mental Health 🧘 Spiritual Practices 💪 Caregiver Support

Blessed Are the Crazy 95%

Her father had bipolar, her brother wanted to die, her cousin was executed. She still believes.

by Sarah Griffith Lund 2014

4.24

202 ratings

🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Mental Illness 🙏 Faith And Mental Health 🧘 Spiritual Practices 💪 Caregiver Support

Girl at the End of the World

by Elizabeth Esther • 2014

Her grandfather's cult taught her the world was ending. Motherhood taught her otherwise.

4.02

2k+

🧱 Cult Memoirs 🕊️ Religious Trauma ⛪ Spiritual Abuse 🔄 Breaking Cycles 🚪 Ex-Fundamentalist

Girl at the End of the World 95%

Her grandfather's cult taught her the world was ending. Motherhood taught her otherwise.

by Elizabeth Esther 2014

4.02

2k+ ratings

🧱 Cult Memoirs 🕊️ Religious Trauma ⛪ Spiritual Abuse 🔄 Breaking Cycles 🚪 Ex-Fundamentalist

PURE OCD

by Chrissie Hodges • 2017

Third-grade vomit, a suicide pact, invisible mental torment: a memoir of hidden OCD.

4.27

146

🧠 Ocd Memoirs 🧩 Pure O 💭 Intrusive Thoughts ⛪ Religious Scrupulosity 🤝 Self Acceptance

PURE OCD 95%

Third-grade vomit, a suicide pact, invisible mental torment: a memoir of hidden OCD.

by Chrissie Hodges 2017

4.27

146 ratings

🧠 Ocd Memoirs 🧩 Pure O 💭 Intrusive Thoughts ⛪ Religious Scrupulosity 🤝 Self Acceptance

Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, The

by David R. Johnson • 1991

Spiritual abuse: when faith leaders control, not serve. How to recognize it, leave it, and rebuild.

4.40

988

⚠️ Spiritual Abuse 💔 Religious Trauma 🔒 High-Control Religion 🕊️ Grace Theology 🪞 Shame And Identity

Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, The Summary

Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, The 94%

Spiritual abuse: when faith leaders control, not serve. How to recognize it, leave it, and rebuild.

by David R. Johnson 1991

4.40

988 ratings

⚠️ Spiritual Abuse 💔 Religious Trauma 🔒 High-Control Religion 🕊️ Grace Theology 🪞 Shame And Identity

The Spiral Staircase

by Karen Armstrong • 2004

A failed nun, an undiagnosed brain disorder, and the world religions that rebuilt her faith.

3.94

9k+

🌑 Faith Crisis 📚 Comparative Religion ✍️ Spiritual Memoir ❤️ Compassion Ethics 🛐 Monastic Life

The Spiral Staircase 94%

A failed nun, an undiagnosed brain disorder, and the world religions that rebuilt her faith.

by Karen Armstrong 2004

3.94

9k+ ratings

🌑 Faith Crisis 📚 Comparative Religion ✍️ Spiritual Memoir ❤️ Compassion Ethics 🛐 Monastic Life

Becoming Free Indeed

by Jinger Duggar Vuolo • 2023

A faith built on fear and man-made rules. Then she read the Bible for herself.

3.61

52k+

⛓️ Religious Legalism 💔 Spiritual Abuse ✝️ Fundamentalist Christianity 🙏 Fear And Faith 📖 Biblical Interpretation

Becoming Free Indeed 94%

A faith built on fear and man-made rules. Then she read the Bible for herself.

by Jinger Duggar Vuolo 2023

3.61

52k+ ratings

⛓️ Religious Legalism 💔 Spiritual Abuse ✝️ Fundamentalist Christianity 🙏 Fear And Faith 📖 Biblical Interpretation

Overwhelmed

by Perry Noble • 2014

Anxiety is not weak faith. A pastor's guide to trusting God when the bottom drops out.

4.03

694

🏠 Christian Living 😰 Overcoming Worry 🌧️ Depression And Faith 🔄 Repentance And Grace 🧠 Spiritual Mental Health

Overwhelmed 94%

Anxiety is not weak faith. A pastor's guide to trusting God when the bottom drops out.

by Perry Noble 2014

4.03

694 ratings

🏠 Christian Living 😰 Overcoming Worry 🌧️ Depression And Faith 🔄 Repentance And Grace 🧠 Spiritual Mental Health

The Deepest Place

by Curt Thompson • 2023

Durable hope is a neural pathway carved by suffering in the presence of attuned love.

4.41

762

🕊️ Spiritual Formation ✝️ Christian Psychology 🧠 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🔗 Attachment Theory 🌅 Suffering And Hope

The Deepest Place 94%

Durable hope is a neural pathway carved by suffering in the presence of attuned love.

by Curt Thompson 2023

4.41

762 ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation ✝️ Christian Psychology 🧠 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🔗 Attachment Theory 🌅 Suffering And Hope

Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience

by Christopher C.H. Cook • 2019

Psychology measures resilience. Theology names what suffering means. For the wounded, both count.

5.00

🕊️ Pastoral Care ✝️ Trauma Theology 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth 🧠 Psychology Of Religion 🔬 Resilience Research

Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience Summary

Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience 94%

Psychology measures resilience. Theology names what suffering means. For the wounded, both count.

by Christopher C.H. Cook 2019

5.00

2 ratings

🕊️ Pastoral Care ✝️ Trauma Theology 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth 🧠 Psychology Of Religion 🔬 Resilience Research

Sober Mercies

by Heather Harpham Kopp • 2013

The faith that was supposed to save her from addiction couldn't. A 12-step meeting did.

4.31

636

🧊 Addiction Memoir ✝️ Christian Spirituality 📘 12-Step Recovery 🍷 Functional Addiction 🌱 Faith Deconstruction

Sober Mercies 94%

The faith that was supposed to save her from addiction couldn't. A 12-step meeting did.

by Heather Harpham Kopp 2013

4.31

636 ratings

🧊 Addiction Memoir ✝️ Christian Spirituality 📘 12-Step Recovery 🍷 Functional Addiction 🌱 Faith Deconstruction

Your Thoughts are Killing You

by Marybeth Wuenschel • 2019

The enemy plants dark thoughts. A spiritual warfare guide to evicting anxiety and depression.

4.41

242

🗡️ Spiritual Warfare 🙏 Christian Mental Health 🧠 Thought Management 🌳 Generational Healing 🗣️ Spoken Declarations

Your Thoughts are Killing You 94%

The enemy plants dark thoughts. A spiritual warfare guide to evicting anxiety and depression.

by Marybeth Wuenschel 2019

4.41

242 ratings

🗡️ Spiritual Warfare 🙏 Christian Mental Health 🧠 Thought Management 🌳 Generational Healing 🗣️ Spoken Declarations

Think Again

by Jared Mellinger • 2017

You think about yourself too much. The cure is self-forgetfulness, learned at the cross.

4.49

287

👐 Pastoral Counseling 😔 Spiritual Depression 🔓 Overcoming Self-Focus ⚖️ False Guilt 🔍 Self-Examination

Think Again 94%

You think about yourself too much. The cure is self-forgetfulness, learned at the cross.

by Jared Mellinger 2017

4.49

287 ratings

👐 Pastoral Counseling 😔 Spiritual Depression 🔓 Overcoming Self-Focus ⚖️ False Guilt 🔍 Self-Examination

My Name is Hope

by John Mark Comer • 2012

Why anxiety and depression persist despite prayer, and the practical changes that make a difference.

4.18

2k+

🧠 Christian Mental Health 📖 Biblical Counseling 🔄 Mind Renewal 🌧️ Overcoming Depression 😰 Anxiety And Faith

My Name is Hope 93%

Why anxiety and depression persist despite prayer, and the practical changes that make a difference.

by John Mark Comer 2012

4.18

2k+ ratings

🧠 Christian Mental Health 📖 Biblical Counseling 🔄 Mind Renewal 🌧️ Overcoming Depression 😰 Anxiety And Faith

Painting With Ashes

by Michael Adam Beck • 2022

Your worst wounds heal others: a pastor who survived abandonment, addiction, and arrest explains.

4.55

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🩹 Wounded Healer 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma ⛪ Radical Ministry

Painting With Ashes 93%

Your worst wounds heal others: a pastor who survived abandonment, addiction, and arrest explains.

by Michael Adam Beck 2022

4.55

47 ratings

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🩹 Wounded Healer 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma ⛪ Radical Ministry

Cherished Belonging

by Gregory Boyle • 2024

Cruelty is a symptom, punishment deepens wounds, and discarded people carry trauma, not evil.

4.45

2k+

🕊️ Restorative Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing ✝️ Catholic Social Teaching 🙏 Contemplative Christianity 🌈 Radical Inclusion

Cherished Belonging 93%

Cruelty is a symptom, punishment deepens wounds, and discarded people carry trauma, not evil.

by Gregory Boyle 2024

4.45

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Restorative Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing ✝️ Catholic Social Teaching 🙏 Contemplative Christianity 🌈 Radical Inclusion

Shame Interrupted

by Edward T. Welch • 2012

Shame tells you to hide. God's answer offers cleansing and a new identity you didn't earn.

4.26

1k+

📜 Biblical Counseling ❤️‍🩹 Healing Shame ✝️ Identity In Christ 🌊 Grace And Redemption 🐑 Pastoral Care

Shame Interrupted 93%

Shame tells you to hide. God's answer offers cleansing and a new identity you didn't earn.

by Edward T. Welch 2012

4.26

1k+ ratings

📜 Biblical Counseling ❤️‍🩹 Healing Shame ✝️ Identity In Christ 🌊 Grace And Redemption 🐑 Pastoral Care

When Religion Hurts You

by Laura E. Anderson • 2023

Religious trauma is stored in the body. Healing it requires more than changing your beliefs.

4.38

2k+

💔 Religious Trauma 🧠 Somatic Therapy ✝️ High-Control Religion 🗣️ Spiritual Abuse 🌬️ Polyvagal Theory

When Religion Hurts You 93%

Religious trauma is stored in the body. Healing it requires more than changing your beliefs.

by Laura E. Anderson 2023

4.38

2k+ ratings

💔 Religious Trauma 🧠 Somatic Therapy ✝️ High-Control Religion 🗣️ Spiritual Abuse 🌬️ Polyvagal Theory

The Man Who Couldn't Stop

by David Adam • 2014

Disturbing thoughts visit almost every mind. OCD hijacks the brain's ability to dismiss them.

3.90

6k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💭 Intrusive Thoughts 🔬 Brain Science 🧪 Exposure Therapy 📰 Science Journalism

The Man Who Couldn't Stop 93%

Disturbing thoughts visit almost every mind. OCD hijacks the brain's ability to dismiss them.

by David Adam 2014

3.90

6k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💭 Intrusive Thoughts 🔬 Brain Science 🧪 Exposure Therapy 📰 Science Journalism

It's Okay Not to Be Okay

by Sheila Walsh • 2018

Grace is not for when you get your act together. It is for when you can't.

4.38

2k+

🎯 Overcoming Perfectionism 🙏 Honest Prayer 😰 Anxiety And Faith 🌧️ Sovereignty And Suffering 🧠 Transformed Thinking

It's Okay Not to Be Okay 93%

Grace is not for when you get your act together. It is for when you can't.

by Sheila Walsh 2018

4.38

2k+ ratings

🎯 Overcoming Perfectionism 🙏 Honest Prayer 😰 Anxiety And Faith 🌧️ Sovereignty And Suffering 🧠 Transformed Thinking

The Reason

by Lacey Sturm • 2014

Suicidal and atheist, she walked into a church and left as the future voice of Flyleaf.

4.36

2k+

🕊️ Christian Testimony 🎸 Rock Memoir 💙 Suicide Survival 👩‍🎤 Women In Rock 🎨 Faith And Artistry

The Reason 93%

Suicidal and atheist, she walked into a church and left as the future voice of Flyleaf.

by Lacey Sturm 2014

4.36

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Testimony 🎸 Rock Memoir 💙 Suicide Survival 👩‍🎤 Women In Rock 🎨 Faith And Artistry

A Well-Trained Wife

by Tia Levings • 2024

She followed every rule. When her husband turned violent, the church said: try harder.

4.28

38k+

💔 Religious Trauma ⛓️ Patriarchal Religion 🙏 Spiritual Abuse 🧱 Faith Deconstruction 🔒 Purity Culture

A Well-Trained Wife 93%

She followed every rule. When her husband turned violent, the church said: try harder.

by Tia Levings 2024

4.28

38k+ ratings

💔 Religious Trauma ⛓️ Patriarchal Religion 🙏 Spiritual Abuse 🧱 Faith Deconstruction 🔒 Purity Culture

The Cry of the Soul

by Dan B. Allender • 1994

Dark emotions aren't obstacles to God; they are doorways. The Psalms teach us to enter.

4.27

2k+

📖 Biblical Counseling 🧠 Christian Psychology ❤️ Emotions And Faith 🎵 Psalms And Lament 🩹 Emotional Healing

The Cry of the Soul 93%

Dark emotions aren't obstacles to God; they are doorways. The Psalms teach us to enter.

by Dan B. Allender 1994

4.27

2k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Counseling 🧠 Christian Psychology ❤️ Emotions And Faith 🎵 Psalms And Lament 🩹 Emotional Healing

The Bible and Moral Injury

by Brad E. Kelle • 2020

Two fields that never talk: the Bible and moral injury. Their first real conversation.

3.75

📖 Biblical Studies 💔 Moral Injury ⛪ Military Chaplaincy 😢 Lament And Healing 📚 Trauma Theology

The Bible and Moral Injury 93%

Two fields that never talk: the Bible and moral injury. Their first real conversation.

by Brad E. Kelle 2020

3.75

12 ratings

📖 Biblical Studies 💔 Moral Injury ⛪ Military Chaplaincy 😢 Lament And Healing 📚 Trauma Theology

English Lessons

by Andrea Lucado • 2017

Raised to have all the answers, she moved to Oxford and learned to love the questions.

4.01

469

🕊️ Christian Memoir 🔨 Faith Deconstruction 🌱 Post-Evangelical 📚 Faith And Reason 🏠 Inherited Faith

English Lessons 93%

Raised to have all the answers, she moved to Oxford and learned to love the questions.

by Andrea Lucado 2017

4.01

469 ratings

🕊️ Christian Memoir 🔨 Faith Deconstruction 🌱 Post-Evangelical 📚 Faith And Reason 🏠 Inherited Faith

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

by Donald Miller • 2009

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

4.13

32k+

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years Summary

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years 93%

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

by Donald Miller 2009

4.13

32k+ ratings

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts

by David Torevell • 2023

The West's mental health crisis has roots that psychology overlooks: a forgotten theology of desire.

🔥 Theology Of Desire 🎨 Art And Faith 🧠 Mental Health And Faith 🏙️ Secular Modernity 🌱 Spiritual Formation

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts Summary

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts 93%

The West's mental health crisis has roots that psychology overlooks: a forgotten theology of desire.

by David Torevell 2023

🔥 Theology Of Desire 🎨 Art And Faith 🧠 Mental Health And Faith 🏙️ Secular Modernity 🌱 Spiritual Formation

Resilient

by John Eldredge • 2022

Depleted by global trauma, you need a strength you cannot muster. The source dwells within.

4.32

3k+

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 💔 Trauma Recovery 🩹 Inner Healing 👶 Attachment To God 🧠 Emotional Resilience

Resilient 93%

Depleted by global trauma, you need a strength you cannot muster. The source dwells within.

by John Eldredge 2022

4.32

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 💔 Trauma Recovery 🩹 Inner Healing 👶 Attachment To God 🧠 Emotional Resilience

The Dark Night of the Soul

by Gerald G. May • 2004

Spiritual emptiness isn't failure. A psychiatrist reveals it as the hidden liberation of the soul.

4.02

3k+

🌑 Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌧️ Spiritual Crisis 🧠 Psychology And Faith ⛈️ Faith And Doubt

The Dark Night of the Soul 93%

Spiritual emptiness isn't failure. A psychiatrist reveals it as the hidden liberation of the soul.

by Gerald G. May 2004

4.02

3k+ ratings

🌑 Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌧️ Spiritual Crisis 🧠 Psychology And Faith ⛈️ Faith And Doubt

Let Your Life Speak

by Parker J. Palmer • 1999

Vocation is not about willfulness. It grows from listening to your life, even its darkest seasons.

4.15

14k+

🌿 Contemplative Spirituality 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🖤 Shadow Work 🌧️ Depression Recovery 👤 Self-Aware Leadership

Let Your Life Speak 93%

Vocation is not about willfulness. It grows from listening to your life, even its darkest seasons.

by Parker J. Palmer 1999

4.15

14k+ ratings

🌿 Contemplative Spirituality 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🖤 Shadow Work 🌧️ Depression Recovery 👤 Self-Aware Leadership

In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God

by Colleen Elisabeth Chao • 2022

Suffering can dismantle faith. A 31-day path to holding on when the platitudes run out.

4.77

362

📖 Christian Devotionals 🙏 Suffering And Faith 😢 Lament ✨ Gratitude Practice ⚓ Hope In Trials

In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God Summary

In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God 93%

Suffering can dismantle faith. A 31-day path to holding on when the platitudes run out.

by Colleen Elisabeth Chao 2022

4.77

362 ratings

📖 Christian Devotionals 🙏 Suffering And Faith 😢 Lament ✨ Gratitude Practice ⚓ Hope In Trials

The Catholic Guide to Depression

by Aaron Kheriaty • 2012

Your psychiatrist and confessor should be on the same team. A Catholic doctor shows why.

4.22

427

🏥 Clinical Depression 🙏 Catholic Spirituality 🧠 Faith And Mental Health 🌿 Holistic Healing ✝️ Theology Of Suffering

The Catholic Guide to Depression Summary

The Catholic Guide to Depression 93%

Your psychiatrist and confessor should be on the same team. A Catholic doctor shows why.

by Aaron Kheriaty 2012

4.22

427 ratings

🏥 Clinical Depression 🙏 Catholic Spirituality 🧠 Faith And Mental Health 🌿 Holistic Healing ✝️ Theology Of Suffering

Shattered

by Frank Pastore • 2010

One pitch shattered his elbow and his identity. Rebuilding took a faith he used to mock.

3.95

150

🏟️ Sports Memoirs ✝️ Conversion Narratives 🏛️ Faith And Politics 🛋️ Therapy And Faith 👧 Childhood Neglect

Shattered 93%

One pitch shattered his elbow and his identity. Rebuilding took a faith he used to mock.

by Frank Pastore 2010

3.95

150 ratings

🏟️ Sports Memoirs ✝️ Conversion Narratives 🏛️ Faith And Politics 🛋️ Therapy And Faith 👧 Childhood Neglect

Anxious for Nothing

by John F. MacArthur Jr. • 1993

Your worry is not a disorder. It is distrust in disguise, and Scripture has a cure.

4.25

2k+

🕊️ Biblical Counseling ✝️ Christian Living 🙏 Anxiety And Faith 👑 Divine Sovereignty 😌 Contentment

Anxious for Nothing 93%

Your worry is not a disorder. It is distrust in disguise, and Scripture has a cure.

by John F. MacArthur Jr. 1993

4.25

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Biblical Counseling ✝️ Christian Living 🙏 Anxiety And Faith 👑 Divine Sovereignty 😌 Contentment

Blue Like Jazz

by Donald Miller • 2003

I found God at the most godless college in America, and it looked nothing like church.

3.90

119k+

🧳 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Post-Evangelical 🤔 Doubt And Faith 🙌 Grace Over Works 🔍 Self-Examination

Blue Like Jazz 93%

I found God at the most godless college in America, and it looked nothing like church.

by Donald Miller 2003

3.90

119k+ ratings

🧳 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Post-Evangelical 🤔 Doubt And Faith 🙌 Grace Over Works 🔍 Self-Examination

The Garden Within

by Anita Phillips • 2023

Spiritual power begins underground: why cultivating your emotions matters more than conquering them.

4.36

3k+

🩹 Trauma Healing 🧘 Somatic Healing ✝️ Faith And Psychology 🚪 Spiritual Bypassing 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

The Garden Within 93%

Spiritual power begins underground: why cultivating your emotions matters more than conquering them.

by Anita Phillips 2023

4.36

3k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Healing 🧘 Somatic Healing ✝️ Faith And Psychology 🚪 Spiritual Bypassing 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

From Fear to Freedom

by Rose Marie Miller • 2000

Her faith collapsed under guilt and control; repair came through identity as God's child.

4.24

353

📖 Christian Memoir 🔥 Spiritual Transformation ✝️ Grace And Forgiveness 🆔 Identity In Christ 💔 Family Wounds

From Fear to Freedom 93%

Her faith collapsed under guilt and control; repair came through identity as God's child.

by Rose Marie Miller 2000

4.24

353 ratings

📖 Christian Memoir 🔥 Spiritual Transformation ✝️ Grace And Forgiveness 🆔 Identity In Christ 💔 Family Wounds

Solitude

by Terry Waite • 2017

Solitude can crush or transform. A former hostage maps its extremes, from Beirut to the deathbed.

3.78

108

🧘 Solitude And Isolation 🕯️ Memoir And Reflection ⛓️ Captivity Narratives 🕵️ Espionage Psychology 🙏 Contemplative Life

Solitude 93%

Solitude can crush or transform. A former hostage maps its extremes, from Beirut to the deathbed.

by Terry Waite 2017

3.78

108 ratings

🧘 Solitude And Isolation 🕯️ Memoir And Reflection ⛓️ Captivity Narratives 🕵️ Espionage Psychology 🙏 Contemplative Life

Love Warrior

by Glennon Doyle Melton • 2016

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

4.07

75k+

💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability 🌸 Women's Self-Discovery ⛪ Faith Reconstruction

Love Warrior 93%

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

by Glennon Doyle Melton 2016

4.07

75k+ ratings

💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability 🌸 Women's Self-Discovery ⛪ Faith Reconstruction

Obsessed

by Hayley DiMarco • 2012

Obsession is a feature, not a flaw. The problem is what you're aiming at.

4.10

🧴 Christian Living 🌱 Spiritual Formation 💔 Misplaced Desires 😰 Fear And Worry 🩹 Emotional Healing

Obsessed 93%

Obsession is a feature, not a flaw. The problem is what you're aiming at.

by Hayley DiMarco 2012

4.10

59 ratings

🧴 Christian Living 🌱 Spiritual Formation 💔 Misplaced Desires 😰 Fear And Worry 🩹 Emotional Healing

Called Out

by Paula Faris • 2020

Two dream jobs, four crises in a single year, and a faith she'd sidelined for success.

4.12

768

🧭 Vocational Discernment ⛪ Faith And Work 🏆 Achievement Addiction 🩹 Burnout Recovery 🪪 Identity And Work

Called Out 93%

Two dream jobs, four crises in a single year, and a faith she'd sidelined for success.

by Paula Faris 2020

4.12

768 ratings

🧭 Vocational Discernment ⛪ Faith And Work 🏆 Achievement Addiction 🩹 Burnout Recovery 🪪 Identity And Work

Christians Get Depressed Too

by David P. Murray • 2010

Christians get depressed for physical reasons, not spiritual failure. A pastor dismantles the guilt.

4.22

989

🏥 Pastoral Counseling ✝️ Depression And Faith 🧠 Cognitive Distortions 📖 Christian Psychology 📜 Reformed Theology

Christians Get Depressed Too 93%

Christians get depressed for physical reasons, not spiritual failure. A pastor dismantles the guilt.

by David P. Murray 2010

4.22

989 ratings

🏥 Pastoral Counseling ✝️ Depression And Faith 🧠 Cognitive Distortions 📖 Christian Psychology 📜 Reformed Theology

Relational Spirituality

by Todd W. Hall • 2021

Attachment, not discipline, drives spiritual growth. The Trinity has been the model all along.

4.49

148

🧱 Trinitarian Theology 🧠 Attachment Theory 🌱 Spiritual Formation 💔 Trauma Healing 🧘 Contemplative Practice

Relational Spirituality 93%

Attachment, not discipline, drives spiritual growth. The Trinity has been the model all along.

by Todd W. Hall 2021

4.49

148 ratings

🧱 Trinitarian Theology 🧠 Attachment Theory 🌱 Spiritual Formation 💔 Trauma Healing 🧘 Contemplative Practice

Unwanted

by Jay Stringer • 2018

A therapist's survey found one thing that multiplies pornography use by 300. It isn't lust.

4.60

3k+

🕊️ Christian Counseling 🔗 Sex Addiction Recovery 💔 Shame And Trauma 🏠 Family Of Origin Work ⛓️ Purity Culture Critique

Unwanted 93%

A therapist's survey found one thing that multiplies pornography use by 300. It isn't lust.

by Jay Stringer 2018

4.60

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Counseling 🔗 Sex Addiction Recovery 💔 Shame And Trauma 🏠 Family Of Origin Work ⛓️ Purity Culture Critique

The Wounded Heart

by Dan B. Allender • 1995

Sexual abuse embeds in the body and weaponizes shame. Few approaches reach both, let alone the soul.

4.32

2k+

🔴 Sexual Abuse Healing ✝️ Christian Counseling 💔 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Embodied Trauma ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

The Wounded Heart 93%

Sexual abuse embeds in the body and weaponizes shame. Few approaches reach both, let alone the soul.

by Dan B. Allender 1995

4.32

2k+ ratings

🔴 Sexual Abuse Healing ✝️ Christian Counseling 💔 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Embodied Trauma ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

When It Feels Like the Sky Is Falling

by H. Norman Wright • 2018

Trauma rewires the brain; the right practices, both clinical and spiritual, can rewire it back.

4.13

🩹 Trauma Recovery ✝️ Christian Counseling 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎛️ Emotional Regulation 📖 Storytelling For Healing

When It Feels Like the Sky Is Falling Summary

When It Feels Like the Sky Is Falling 93%

Trauma rewires the brain; the right practices, both clinical and spiritual, can rewire it back.

by H. Norman Wright 2018

4.13

8 ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery ✝️ Christian Counseling 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎛️ Emotional Regulation 📖 Storytelling For Healing

My Sisters the Saints

by Colleen Carroll Campbell • 2012

Infertility, a father's dementia, a stalled career: the six women saints who walked her through.

4.35

4k+

📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✨ Communion Of Saints 🌊 Faith And Doubt 🌱 Infertility And Faith

My Sisters the Saints 93%

Infertility, a father's dementia, a stalled career: the six women saints who walked her through.

by Colleen Carroll Campbell 2012

4.35

4k+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✨ Communion Of Saints 🌊 Faith And Doubt 🌱 Infertility And Faith

Winning the War on Worry

by Louie Giglio • 2022

Worry steals today and changes nothing. A pastor's path from anxiety to prayer, gratitude, and rest.

4.43

849

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