After exploring the contours of discouragement, the authors share ideas drawn from the spiritual and therapeutic traditions for coming to terms with it. Amid their gentle wisdom is the invitation to ponder again the love and compassion of God.
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The "IlluminationBooks" series aims to provide concise and helpful discussions of topics such as women's spirituality, stress management, and personal growth. This small volume deals with the reality and meaning of discouragement in every life. The authors, both counseling psychologists, acknowledge that long-term discouragement such as clinical depression may require professional treatment, but they emphasize how failure and loss can bring their own blessings, e.g., forcing one to examine outdated ideals. Using lessons from their own practice and from biblical examples, they stress prayer and Christian faith as steps to transformation. A practical book of encouraging insights.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Discouragement is not a major psychological condition, yet few people would not admit to experiencing it from time to time. In this small volume, counselor and spiritual director Kathleen Fischer discusses several different causes for discouragement, offers both hope and suggestions for resolution, and includes well-chosen Scripture readings or prayers. A deceptively simple and refreshing book, one to return to again and again.
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