Towards the Light
Prayers Through Depression to Healing
by Denis Duncan
Paperback
Price: £8.99
Publisher:SPCK (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge)
Published:23 April 2009
ISBN:978-0-281-06141-9
GoodBookStall Review:
Written from deep within his own experience, Denis Duncan has put together prayers leading from the downward slope into depression which he calls Towards the Darkness, then The Crisis followed by Towards the Light. He has set these out as daily prayers spanning forty days. At the beginning and in an Afterword, he explains the background to his own depression, and this too may help others in like circumstances. I had a short spell on anti-depressants after retirement so have some inkling as to how this feels, but as a reviewer could only read through, page by page. I found myself praying as I read, greatly moved; this book needs to be brought to the attention of any in danger of suffering depression, or who are further on the road towards it.
Reviewer: Mary Bartholomew (01/05/09)
Written from deep within his own experience, Denis Duncan has put together prayers leading from the downward slope into depression which he calls Towards the Darkness, then The Crisis followed by Towards the Light. He has set these out as daily prayers spanning forty days. At the beginning and in an Afterword, he explains the background to his own depression, and this too may help others in like circumstances. I had a short spell on anti-depressants after retirement so have some inkling as to how this feels, but as a reviewer could only read through, page by page. I found myself praying as I read, greatly moved; this book needs to be brought to the attention of any in danger of suffering depression, or who are further on the road towards it.
Reviewer: Mary Bartholomew (01/05/09)
