I am seldom without reading material—the Economist is my staple for doctors’ waiting rooms—but lately I find it more difficult to concentrate on reading that requires sustained attention, like poetry. I have to work at making time and a quiet heart.
My formal theological training began and ended with a course on the
scriptures in eighth grade, leaving me with all the faults of the
autodidact and a paper on what, with an adolescent's callow complacency,
I termed the "affair" of David and Bathsheba. The foundations of my
faith, nurtured by early exposure to the Bible and hymns, lie in song
and story.
Books
Jesus Wept: When Faith and Depression Meet
Barbara C. Crafton
A Hell of Mercy: A Meditation on Depression and the Dark Night of the Soul
Tim Farrington
Towards the Light: Prayers Through Depression to Healing
Denis Duncan
Wrestling with Our Inner Angels: Faith, Mental Illness, and the Journey to Wholeness
