Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out:
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In the Low: Honest Prayers for Dark Seasons
Justin McRoberts and Scott Erickson
( Baker Books )
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Book Description:
We spend time in the Low because we’re human, not because we’re broken.
In the Low is a collection of contemplative words and images for seasons of depression. It is a book designed to meet you where you are and sit with you there the way God does: intentionally and without judgment.
For many of us, the question isn’t whether or not we will enter into depression but how to be there when we do. In those low places, we experience disconnection from others, from a meaningful life, and from God, and it can be difficult to know what to think or pray. This is where art and the honest prayers of others can help us name what we’re experiencing so we know we’re not alone.
In the Low is designed to meet you in the dark and linger there with you as you sit under the weight of depression or despair. Instead of shaming you for how you feel, minimizing your pain, or suggesting quick fixes, Justin McRoberts and Scott Erickson offer you prayers in language and imagery that can help you be honest and vulnerable with yourself and with God.
Featuring poetic prayers for deeper relationships, healing from trauma, a hopeful future, and more, In the Low meets you where you are in your journey and calls you deeper into the heart of God–who is not afraid of the dark.
“In the Low has a permanent spot on my bookshelf.”–Emily P. Freeman, New York Times bestselling author of How to Walk into a Room
“Here is a tender guide, not to answers but to the shared humanity of searching, waiting, and finding meaning in the in-between.”–David Gungor, The Brilliance
“I can offer no higher compliment than this: Someone I love dearly picked up this book during a stretch of pressing darkness, and it helped them.”–Shauna Niequist, author of I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet
“In the Low is accompaniment for the places inside that deserve to be known, the wordless places that need words, the dark and diffuse places that need form and shape.”–Dr. Hillary L. McBride, psychologist, podcast host, author, and mother
“In the Low is both simple and subversive, inviting us not simply into peace but fuller personhood.”–K.J. Ramsey, licensed therapist and author of The Book of Common Courage
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