One in four of us will experience mental health problems.

When shame, fear and despair threaten to fill us, it can be all too easy to resort to self-medicating through consuming, working, or other distractions. Rob Merchant has tried them all and discovered they don’t deliver.

Healing starts when we accept our vulnerability. True mental health - and true resilience - develop as we surrender wholly to Christ. Rob Merchant explores how we can move away from terror and self-loathing. As we acknowledge our vulnerability, and our place before God, we an discover forgiveness of other and of self, and find hope.

The Revd Rob Merchant is Tutor and Director of St Mellitus College, Chelmsford. Upon leaving school Rob worked as a care worker supporting people with learning disabilities. Since ordination he has served in a number of different ministerial contexts and has worked in academic research. Rob’s academic interests include ageing, mental health, and trauma. He has spoken at many Christian events including Spring Harvest, New Wine and Keswick. His passion is to see people flourish in the ministry to which they are called, in whatever walk of life. Rob is married to Tamsin and they have two sons.

 

Title: Broken by Fear, Anchored in Hope
Author: Rob Merchant
ISBN: 9780281083152
Publisher: SPCK
Date: 2021