Christmas Books

Because I took my accidental blogging break when I did, I never got around to mentioning the books I got for Christmas. I don't know why, because I love to use the carousel widget from Amazon.

I realize that these selections all together might seem a little, er, gloomy. Lest you think you think my loved ones are trying to tell me something by buying me books on depression and suffering, the gloomy books are books I purchased with gift cards.



Trusting God is a book I originally checked out at our church library, and then went and bought because it's that good. As someone who tends toward anxiety, a healthy dose of God's sovereignty is the only thing that has ever helped me. Jerry Bridges is such a gift to the body of Christ.

The other ones are just books that interest me. I am trying to learn more about Nouthetic Counseling. I think that it's intriguing that my grandparents' generation lived through two world wars and the Great Depression without the help of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, and still ended up happier than your average clinical psychologist. (And here is my disclaimer. I know that antidepressants have been a lifesaver to many people. But the numbers of people taking these drugs is staggering. I don't think we're ALL suffering from chemical imbalances.)

So, I have lots of interesting reading ahead of me.