The authors who brought you 70 Ways to Beat 70 now offer proven techniques, strategies, and physical and spiritual disciplines to improve overall emotional health.
Moving Back toward Wholeness What is depression, really? A psychological disorder? An emotional problem? A case of negative self-talk? A spiritual weakness? Unresolved anger? A medical condition? How can it be successfully treated? Whether you need a lifeline to cling to, knowledge to clear confusion, help determining the next step, or strength to help a loved one, New Light on Depression offers hope and healing. With understanding born of personal and professional experience, the authors—one a psychiatrist and the other a minister—untangle the web of depression, guiding you through• an understanding of depression• myths and misunderstandings• symptoms and diagnoses• causes and treatments• spiritual struggles and gifts of graceWritten for those who suffer from depression and those who want to help—family members, pastors, friends—this book equips you with the knowledge and tools to move toward a life of joy once more. It covers the full range of concerns, including the use of antidepressants. With personal applications, questions for reflection, and evaluation guides, New Light on Depression is a medically reliable and biblically sound resource for finding faith and strength in the midst of depression and emerging again whole and healthy.
Help and Hope for an Unexpected Journey Do real Christians commit suicide? Yes, they do. And for those left behind, the journey following such a tragedy is unbearably painful. Finding Your Way after the Suicide of Someone You Love is a compassionate and practical guide that addresses the intensely personal issues of survivors of suicide (SOS). This gentle and faith-affirming resource helps survivors know what to expect, especially during the first year following a suicide. It includes personal stories of survivors and suggestions on how to move beyond survival to live life again. Designed for use by individuals, couples, and SOS groups, this book offers help for parents, siblings, friends, and extended families, as well as practical guidelines for pastors, Christian counselors, and other church leaders. Topics include: What to do in the immediate aftermath of a suicide Handling guilt and understanding the role of depression in suicides Dealing with questions of faith and meaning Creating a support system Choosing a Christian therapist Trusted resources and websites
Biebel helps readers understand the emotional and spiritual trauma that hurting friends are experiencing and suggests practical ways in which they can be comforted. A great tool for church leaders, laypersons, or others in leadership who want to reach out to hurting people, but don't know how. Targeted mailings.
Set in the Rocky Mountains, where the FBI is investigating certain allegations made by a former member of a cult called New World Institute, this new series is sure to appeal to those who enjoy thrillers and spy novels. Full of thrilling action that culminates in a commando-style rescue and captivating, realistic characters who search for the light of truth amidst oppressive darkness.
Almost everyone will have to face life and death decisions sometime in their life. In this informative guide, the authors help Christians make wise, moral choices regarding bioethical issues for themselves or their loved ones.
In this book designed for AIDs patients and their caregivers, Mignon Zylstra and David Biebel give solid, practical information on what to expect on the journey through AIDs. Zylstra, who went through this process herself when her son was diagnosed with AIDs, uses her own story, and the stories of others, to answer the most frequently asked questions in a gentle yet authoritative manner.
A classic in-depth, extremely honest first person account of grief from the loss of a child. First published in 1981, this book will help those dealing with a similar loss or those who wish to better understand and help family or friends who may be struggling with such a loss. In his foreword, Charles Swindoll wrote, "Stunned yet courageous, this pastor recorded his feelings, his questions, his guilt, his struggles, and even his bitterness. As you read his words, you will nod with understanding and weep with compassion. Your heart will beat heavily as you identify with his profound sends of loss ... Not since Joe Bayly's A view from the Hearse have I found myself more in agreement. To this author, grief is real; it dare not be denied or ignored. Yes, its wounds must be handled with care and given time to heal. Preserving us from pious platitudes and empty cliches, David Biebel says it straight and he says it well. Best of all, he doesn't attempt to answer all the whys. Old Joseph Parker [who said that there is a broken heart in every pew] would have appreciated David's style and content. I certainly do. So will you." This is an intensely personal story of how one man, as a father and minister, came to terms with his bereavement and experienced a more mature realization of his faith. Both touching and inspiring, Jonathan: You Left Too Soon offers strength and reassurance to those who hurt, encouraging them on their journey through brokenness toward a greater sense of wholeness.
Help and Hope for an Unexpected Journey Do real Christians commit suicide? Yes, they do. And for those left behind, the journey following such a tragedy is unbearably painful. Finding Your Way after the Suicide of Someone You Love is a compassionate and practical guide that addresses the intensely personal issues of survivors of suicide (SOS). This gentle and faith-affirming resource helps survivors know what to expect, especially during the first year following a suicide. It includes personal stories of survivors and suggestions on how to move beyond survival to live life again. Designed for use by individuals, couples, and SOS groups, this book offers help for parents, siblings, friends, and extended families, as well as practical guidelines for pastors, Christian counselors, and other church leaders. Topics include: What to do in the immediate aftermath of a suicide Handling guilt and understanding the role of depression in suicides Dealing with questions of faith and meaning Creating a support system Choosing a Christian therapist Trusted resources and websites
New Light on Depression" guides the reader through an understanding of depression, the myths and misunderstandings that surround it, and the symptoms and identification of it in various levels of intensity.
Stories of great lessons found all around us in our normal everyday lives if we will dare to open our eyes and see. From the author: "I believe that God, the creator of the universe, is speaking to us, all the time, all around us, everywhere and in all things. The problem is that we are so busy and distracted with the things of this life that we fail to see Him or hear Him. But, never the less, He is still there, waiting for us and ever speaking to us." Excerpts from the book: I think trying to understand when something bad happens is often like opening a 1,000 piece puzzle, pulling out a couple pieces and trying to understand the whole puzzle from the few pieces we are looking at. Though we try and try, it is just not possible. But God sees the picture that is on the outside of the box. He has the big picture, the finished puzzle, the completed vision. In this puzzle we call life, since we only see a small piece of the whole picture, some things are going to happen that we do not understand, due to our limited perspective. From "One Piece of the Puzzle" About the Cover The front cover is symbolic of my children, for whom this book was written. They are all loved and cherished in my heart and therefore, each one is represented by a piece of my heart. The missing piece of the heart and the butterfly flying overhead are symbolic of my son, Daniel, who died shortly before his first birthday. Losing Daniel was the hardest thing I have faced in this life and he took a piece of my heart with him to heaven when he left. The butterfly is flying toward the sun, which is a representation of God and our eternal life to come. On the back cover, there is a lighthouse. This lighthouse is Jesus, who leads us and guides us through this wild ride we call, "life." From the Publisher Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard wrote, "A poet is an unhappy being whose heart is torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and the cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music.... And people flock around the poet and say: 'Sing again soon' - that is, 'May new sufferings torment your soul but your lips be fashioned as before, for the cry would only frighten us, but the music, that is blissful.'" David L. Wood is a singer of soul-healing words, because, like many writers, poets, and other types of artists, he has walked through the fire - a literal house fire that took the life of his first-born son, not yet a year old. Since then, the Lord has healed his heart, and helped David transform his weeping into music for other troubled souls. - David B. Biebel, Fellow Pilgrim
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