Life never turns out as we expected. But connecting honestly with the one we're really in can bring all sorts of consolation . . .
Katharine Welby-Roberts speaks and writes about issues relating to mental and emotional health, and the wider context of how the church responds to those in suffering. She is married to Mike and they live in Reading with their baby son Elijah. Much of her time is taken up occupying Elijah and drinking tea with other mums, but outside of those things she loves a good steak, comic book films and wine.
Everyone should read this book: a gentle, humorous Lamentations for
the twenty-first century. Katharine models a rich faith, wholly
authentic in the face of suffering and struggle. You will laugh,
cry and gasp . . . most importantly you will grow.
*Will van der Hart, The Mind and Soul Foundation*
Brilliantly honest, often funny and wonderfully readable . . . akin
to having a great friend round for coffee and talking in the
frankest terms about God, real life, an the sometimes confusing
relationship between the two. For those facing all manner of
personal challenges, Katharine doesn't offer empty platitudes . . .
. she stands right there alongside you in the darkest depths of the
tunnel and gently encourages you towards the light.
*Martin Saunders, Youthsacpe*
Readable, funny . . . moving
*The Times*
This is rather a brave book. It takes courage to offer the kind of
transparency with which Katherine Welby-Roberts writes about her
inner vulnerability and turmoil
Katherine’s style is open and conversational, she could be sitting
down with the reader over a cup of tea.
Yet in sharing these struggles, she speaks with humour and with an
absence of self-indulgence or sanctimonious piety.
Being so accessible, anyone who identifies with Katherine’s
particular version of inner quicksand will find a friend here.
Others, who find the account of such internal chaos mystifying,
might do well to listen.
*Sarum College Bookshop Newsletter*
an amazingly honest and soul-baring book
*Church Times*
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