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No Longer Alone : Mental Health and the title: Church author: Toews, John.; Loewen, Eleanor Marie publisher: Herald Press isbn10 | asin: 0836190106 print isbn13: 9780836190106 ebook isbn13: 9780585219424 language: English Mental health--Religious aspects-- subject Christianity, Church work with the mentally ill. publication date: 1995 lcc: BT732.4.T64 1995eb ddc: 261.8/322 Mental health--Religious aspects-- subject: Christianity, Church work with the mentally ill. Page 1 No Longer Alone Page 2 Mental Health & Disabilities Program Mennonite Central Committee Canada 134 Plaza Drive Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5K9 phone: 204 261-6381 fax: 204 269-9875 Page 3 No Longer Alone Mental Health and the Church John Toews with Eleanor Loewen Foreword by John and Naomi Lederach Page 4 Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Toews, John No longer alone Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8361-9010-6 1. Church work with the mentally ill. 2. Mental health Religious aspects Christianity. 1. Loewen, Eleanor, 1938 . II. Title. BV4461.T64 1995 259'.4 C95-930298-0 The paper used in this publication is recycled and meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. All Bible quotations are used by permission, all rights reserved, and are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. NO LONGER ALONE Copyright © 1995 by Herald Press, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 6H7 Published simultaneously in the United States by Herald Press, Scottdale, Pa. 15683. All rights reserved Library of Congress Catalog Number: 94-73616 International Standard Book Number: 0-8361-9010-6 Printed in the United States of America Book and cover design by Gwen M. Stamm 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Page 5 To all the people who have wanted to be accepted as a regular part of the church and to make their contributions as best they could under the very trying circumstances of mental ill health. Page 7 Contents Foreword 9 by John and Naomi Lederach Preface 12 by Travis Reimer Introduction 15 1. What Is Mental Health? 23 2. Mental Health and Life Stages 36 3. Who Sinned? 50 4. The Need for Healing 64 5. Emotions That HurtEmotions That Heal 78 6. Who of You by Worrying Can Add a Single Hour to 93 Your Life? 7. My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? 107 8. No Other Gods 122 9. Shattered Dreams 138 10. Whatever You Do . . . 155 The Authors 172 Page 9 Foreword Over the years, as we have had conversations with colleagues and friends, we've often said, "Someone should write a book about this." We were referring to a guide or framework for understanding ourselves and those of us and our families and acquaintances who experience mental ill health. With great expertise and sensitivity, Dr. Toews (assisted by Eleanor Loewen) has written just such a book, full of careful, simple, yet profound truths. The book addresses in a straightforward way such common questions as, Who am I? What do I believe about my relationship with God, about my faith (or lack of it)? How does my faith affect the problems I face? To encourage us when we were experiencing a particularly difficult time, Aunt Gladys once said, "Life is what happens to you when you have other plans." We areor see or walk withthose who had other plans but whose lives are broken and difficult for a variety of reasons. As a community of faith, called or to healing in our relationships, we have too often contributed to or perhaps even perpetuated (unknowingly?) the hurt of others, rather than their healing. No Longer Alone opens windows
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