Your Companion Through Chronic Illness (Out Of The Depths Series)

The *Out of the Depths* series addresses common pastoral crises in a faithful, encouraging, and factual manner that provides support to parishioners in crisis beyond the initial pastoral conversation. These inexpensive 64-page booklets can be given out to parishioners when they bring their recent diagnosis, crisis, or trauma to the pastor as a way to continue to provide care throughout the difficult season. Each booklet begins with a thoughtful consideration of the topic at hand, which is followed up by 30 brief devotions. These devotions are designed to be manageable in an overwhelming time, encouraging, and honest. This *Chronic Illness*edition is authored by Lauren Dunkle Dancey, a United Methodist chaplain and pastor who lives with chronic illness. The *Out of the Depths* booklets are essential care resources to be given out by pastors, Stephen Ministers, and congregational care teams.

  

Key Features:

  

* Written by metal health professionals and pastors to help the reader process their trauma both psychologically and theologically.
* Includes accessible material describing the dynamics of the crisis situation and typical reactions, which provides the reader with a sense of grounding and direction through increased knowledge.
* The thirty short devotions creates a sense of companionship and hope in a difficult and lonely time.
* Knowing they are sharing a resource written by mental health professionals and pastors with personal experience provides pastors a trustworthy source of information.
* Easy for pastors/churches to keep in stock and distribute as needed, serves as a tangible reminder of the faith community's care.Read less