Healing and Hope
Resources that may be helpful in addressing personal and pastoral topics. All of these are available to freely borrow from our church library.
Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
by Dane C Ortlund
This is a beautiful and tender book, with profound insight into the grace and love of God. If you are feeling bruised, weary or empty, this is a good book for you. There is also a separate Study Guide available, ideal for small group discussion.
What’s so Amazing About Grace?
by Philip Yancey
This is the book Bono gave to Noel Gallagher to help him understand Christianity. With two million copies sold, this powerful explains the nature of Grace, the most powerful force in the universe, the key to transforming a broken world.
Where Is God in All the Suffering?
by Amy Orr-Ewing
A thoughtful and intelligent, yet readable exploration of the nature of suffering by an exceptional apologist, Amy Orr-Wing (PhD, Oxford). This is a really strong little book on perhaps the biggest of all questions about faith.
Understanding Sexual Abuse: A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors
by Tim Hein
A very clear introduction to understanding how to respond to the traumatic experience of child sexual abuse. Includes a helpful explanation of the nature of trauma, how to begin the journey of recovery, and many reflections on questions that the experience raises about God. It also contains practical tips for learning to live unafraid.
Connecting: Healing Ourselves and Our Relationships
by Dr Larry Crabb
Written by a psychologist, this insightful book explores how ordinary people and communities can find and enable healing and hope through genuine connection and community. This is easy to read and provides an inspiring vision of authentic Christian life.
Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
by Tom Wright
This is a brilliant book, addictive and fascinating exploring death and the notion of the afterlife. This is the best book to read on heaven and hell and death and resurrection, but this famous biblical scholar. NT Wright was interviewed about it by US TV’s Stephen Colbert on ‘The Colbert Report’.