This week on the podcast, we are interviewed by the Rev. Isabel Hamley. Wrestling with God: Mental Health and Christian Spiritualitywhich she co-authored with C.H. Cook and John Swinton.This month’s recommended book is this one Church Time Reading club. She’s in conversation with Sarah Meyrick.
Ann Holmes wrote this month’s book club essay about the book.
The struggle with God It focuses on mental health challenges facing Christians and examines how these issues relate to spirituality, prayer, and church life. This is an easy-to-read book by three scholars. The authors address the stigma attached to mental health in church communities and examine the problems that arise from some church environments where mental health is associated with a lack of faith. Each of the six chapters ends with a Scripture reflection with questions for individual or group study.
The struggle with God It is published by SPCK priced at £14.99. (Church Times Bookstore £13.49); 978-0-281–08641-2.
Dr Hamley, Headmaster of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, will speak at the Church Times Preaching Festival. During September.
Sarah Meyrick is a novelist. Her latest work is Joy and Happiness (Sa Christie Press, 2021).
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