Book description
Highly personal, honest and insightful. Author has struggled with depression for decades, and partly as a high-profile minister in All Souls Langham Place
Why read it?
1 author picked When Darkness Seems My Closest Friend as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Being a Christian often means “faking it” on Sunday mornings. We’re all fine then. So often we internalize that and show a smile to the world when all we feel is shattered inside. This books gives voice to the darkness that so many Christians feel but don’t know how to express. Like the other books on my list, though, it also points to real hope. It also includes a list of resources in the back of the book.
From Luke's list on The best books for Christians struggling with depression.
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