"Kathryn Butler has provided the church with a treasure in What Does Depression Mean for My Faith? Combining her clinical training and her own lived experience of depression, she offers depressed Christians, their pastors, and fellow congregants invaluable help, steering a course through depression. This resource is indispensable for anyone navigating the theological questions that surround depression."--Karen Mason,Director of Hamilton Counseling Program, Professor of Counseling and Psychology, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary " What Does Depression Mean for My Faith? is an incredibly helpful resource, full of clinical insight, practical wisdom, and biblical truth. Kathryn Butler writes with great tenderness and care, always with a view toward the hope we have in Christ. Her words meet us in the dark and point us to the light."--Scott James, MD,author, The Sower; The Expected One; Where Is Wisdom?; and When Your Child Is Ill: Nurturing Faith in Hard Times "This book is compassionately tailored to those crushed by both depression and the gnawing fear that their depression excludes them from the hopes of their faith. While Dr. Butler and I come at the issue of depression from different angles, I love her practical tools for walking faithfully as a Christian in the face of severe depression.

Full of scriptural perspective on weathering the storm, this book encourages hurting strugglers toward Christ!"--J. Alasdair Groves, Executive Director, Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation; coauthor, Untangling Emotions "What a beautifully balanced book about depression and faith. Kathryn Butler writes with a rare combination of biblical and medical wisdom, providing sufferers with a hope-filled and practical road map to healing."--David Murray , Pastor, First Byron Christian Reformed Church, Byron Center, Michigan; author, Christians Get Depressed Too and Why Is My Teenager Feeling Like This? ; coauthor, A Christian's Guide to Mental Illness.