The Christian Counselor's Medical Desk Reference

When people meet with me for soul care, they often speak about their medical diagnoses. Not being trained in the medical field means that it is crucial that I not only inform myself about their condition, but that I also ensure that they are receiving professional medical help. The Christian Counselor's Medical Desk Reference is an excellent resource for people like myself who are looking to inform themselves about medical conditions. The book is split into two sections. Section one addresses general principles that can be used for framing our thinking about counseling people with medical conditions. Section two looks at specific medical and psychiatric diagnosis with biblical principles offered to apply to help. For the non-American, please be aware that on the odd occasion, an author addresses issues specific to the American context.

This is an excellent resource I highly recommend to be used to help give a basic understanding of the medical issues that people suffer from.

The book is available here

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Midnight Mercies: Walking with God Through Depression in Motherhood

Many Christians have gone through dark nights of the soul. They have clung onto the Lord and life in times of deep despair and sorrow in this fallen world. If they have believed that Christians should never be like this, their grief and sorrow is compounded. Midnight Mercies, by Christine Chappell, gives voice to the experience of despair. While being written for depressed mothers, the book will be helpful for anybody in such a dark place. Chappell looks at common experiences despairing people have, examines people from Scripture who went through the same, and points to helpful Scriptural truth. Chappell ends describing how experiencing the gracious Lord Jesus brought life and hope and transformed her view of herself and her situation. I highly recommend this book. The book is available here

Someone I Know Is Grieving: Caring with Humility & Compassion by Ed Welch

Ed Welch has written an excellent short book about how to care for others while they are grieving. In the book, he covers how to respond wisely with wisdom, with compassion, and with humility. In each section, he gives real life examples of how people have cared well and cared badly. Then he walks us through how to care well by asking the reader practical, reflective questions. This is an excellent short book, which I would highly recommend. The book can be purchased here

Social Media Pressure: Finding Peace Alongside Jesus

Probably all of us know people who struggle with anxiety and depression that is in some way related to their social media use. John Perritt, in Social Media Pressure: Finding Peace Alongside Jesus is written as a response. He writes about a number of ways in which people’s relationships, mental health, and perception of the world around them are affected by the way they use social media. Perritt gives advice about how people can gain more peace in their lives, how they can relate more thoughtfully, and how they can recognize when they are addicted. Social Media Pressure is a helpful book that gives some basic guidelines about using social media in a healthy way.

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