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Broken by Fear, Anchored in Hope

Faithfulness In An Age of Anxiety

  • Paperback
  • 160 pages
  • Publisher: SPCK Publishing
  • 12.9 x 19.8 x 1.9 cm

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For anyone seeking hope in times of mental illness

This personal account from a Church leader offers hope drawn from real experience

You'll see ways that you can deal with, or support someone through, anxiety

A Church leader shares his honest account of mental illness and faith. Broken by Fear, Anchored in Hope is a book of hope in a time of anxiety.
Anna Hockley

Anna Hockley

Eden Christian Books Specialist

Has the power to plant seeds of hope in your heart that when the storms come, it’s possible not to be afraid.’ – Rachel Gardner

One in four of us will experience mental health problems. Shame, fear, anger and despair are our unwelcome fellow travellers, as Rob Merchant knows to his cost. We can resort to self-medicating through consuming, working, or other distractions, to hide who we are. Rob has tried them 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 explores how we can move away from terror and self-loathing. As we acknowledge our vulnerability, and our place before God, we can discover forgiveness of others and of self, and find hope.

It is never easy, but it works, because it’s true.

‘Disarmingly honest, powerfully disruptive and reassuringly scriptural. A rare and precious gift.’ – Krish Kandiah

Broken by Fear, Anchored in Hope and To Heal and Not To Hurt
To Heal and Not To HurtBroken by Fear, Anchored in Hope
  • Author

    Rob Merchant

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    SPCK Publishing

  • Published

    June 2020

  • Weight

    123g

  • Page Count

    160

  • Dimensions

    12.9 x 19.8 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780281083152

  • ISBN-10

    0281083150

  • Eden Code

    5154514

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.

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    Hannah Gordon

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    This is a book I needed to read but didn’t know it. Dealing with shame, story, abuse, forgiveness, reconciliation, mental health, love, adoption and hope this easily readable and digestible book is punching well above its 160 page weight. Rob’s writing took me on a journey of pain, joy, hope, and love. I have to admit straight off to knowing Rob a little, as a student at the theological college where he teaches. Rob is a humble, honest and Godly man and that comes across loud and clear in this book. I hadn’t really thought that this book would speak to me, I was reading it out of interest in the author, but the themes of shame, story, forgiveness and hope are ones that spoke deep into my soul. It reminded me that I am imperfect but perfectly loved, as we all are, and that I am called to be me, just as I am, and in that God loves me perfectly and completely. Rob writes about his visit to Rwanda and I was privileged to be part of that trip. As he recounted his experiences of hearing the stories of forgiveness and reconciliation I was immediately transported back, and God spoke again to me about what I had seen and heard there. It nudged me to discomfort at how I had forgotten some of the lessons I’d learnt there. It seems especially fitting at this time of global pandemic, of unrest, a time when Black Lives Matter has entered the forefronts of the global media and protest, that in this book Rob talks about reconciliation coming through understanding of ‘other’, forgiveness as acted, intentional and lived out, finding ways to live in Christ as we have all been forgiven. This image of the body of Christ, made up of vastly different people, bound together by a common Saviour, seems to be a beacon for our times. In this there is great hope for a transformed world. I also greatly appreciated Rob’s gentle but clear explanations of shame, and the need to forgive oneself. Not an easy topic, but written honestly and accessibly. In one sense an easy, fast read; in another a piece of writing that will grab you, niggle at you and force you to engage in things that are not always comfortable. Great work.