When Darkness Seems My Closest Friend
Reflections on Life and Ministry with Depression
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Mark Meynell
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Mark Meynell
About this listen
'I’m looking for the words and writing for those who can’t imagine the words.'
Mark Meynell articulates a heart pain that most of us simply couldn't express. He connects strongly and immediately with fellow cave-dwellers.
'All who read this will feel deeply indebted to Mark, and to God.' Roger Carswell
'Mark invites fellow cave-dwellers and those who love us to walk (or collapse) with him on the road . . . For the first time in a long while, we rest.' Zack Eswine
'Moving and fascinating.' Sean Fletcher
'Fine writing, personal honesty, intellectual analysis, theological incisiveness and simple open-endedness... A must-buy and a must-read.' Julian Hardyman
'Written straight from the heart of pain—yet brimful of hope and courage.' Rachel Kelly
'We are pointed to a Saviour who brings us purpose, grace and hope.' Emma Scrivener
'Practical wisdom and hope . . . without being trite.' Derek Tidball
'Profound, unusual and very personal... demonstrates the extraordinary relevance and power of the Bible in helping us to connect our often mysterious and confusing experiences to God's bigger story. Mark's creative appendix of music, books, poetry, websites and blogs, which have helped him survive his "cave", is invaluable.' Richard Winter
Contents
1 The mask
2 The volcano
3 The cave
4 The weight
5 The invisibility cloak
6 The closing
7 The way
8 The fellow-traveller
9 The gift
Appendix 1 Managing the symptoms
Appendix 2 Unexpected friends in the cave
Appendix 3 Some words from inside the cave
©2018 Mark Meynell (P)2023 IVPListeners also enjoyed...
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Father Jonathan Morris has seen firsthand how our day-to-day lives are consumed with anxiety and stress as we focus on our failures and troubles while peace feels unattainable. When he rediscovered the Serenity Prayer, he realized that this little prayer can be a powerful road map for our spiritual journey toward God. As he began to share this prayer with others, he saw that living these simple lines became a source of profound peace and happiness.
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Great read!
- By Todd on 04-10-15
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Living the Cross Centered Life
- Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing
- By: C. J. Mahaney
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
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Have the extremities taken over and left the core of your faith forgotten? Do you get confused by what you feel versus what is real? Let dynamic pastor C. J. Mahaney strip away the nonessentials and bring you back to the simplest, most fundamental reason for your faith: Jesus Christ.
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Tech issues are very distracting!
- By Lorax on 04-28-18
By: C. J. Mahaney
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Living the Psalms
- Encouragement for the Daily Grind
- By: Charles R. Swindoll
- Narrated by: Jon Gauger
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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We all have those days: when small problems become crises, when doubt begins to overwhelm faith, when exhaustion hits and depression colors the world black. Fact is, the daily grind of life is not going away! Since we cannot escape it, we must find a way to live beyond it. And the book of Psalms holds the answers, offering words of surpassing strength and comfort for those difficult and demanding times. Through 26 engaging weeks in the Word, Charles Swindoll will guide you to listen to the Psalms and to live them.
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it is soothing to your soul
- By Martha Moore on 02-15-17
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The Louder Song
- Listening for Hope in the Midst of Lament
- By: Aubrey Sampson
- Narrated by: Aubrey Sampson
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
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When you’re in the midst of suffering, you want answers for the unanswerable, resolutions to the unresolvable. But there is a pathway through this suffering. It’s not easy, but God will use it to lead you toward healing. This path is called lament. In the midst of your darkest times, you will discover that lament leads you back to a place of hope - not because lamenting does anything magical, but because God sings a louder song than suffering ever could, a song of renewal and restoration.
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You will grow up a little in this book
- By J. D. Jones on 06-16-21
By: Aubrey Sampson
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The Illumined Heart: Capture the Vibrant Faith of the Ancient Christians
- By: Frederica Mathewes-Green
- Narrated by: Frederica Mathewes-Green
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
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Why are modern Christians so indistinguishable from everyone else? How come Christians who lived in times of bloody persecution were so heroic, while we who live in safety are not? How could the first Christians fast valiantly, but we feel deprived without dessert? How did New Testament believers pray without ceasing? How could the early Christian martyrs actually forgive their torturers? What did the Christians of the first centuries know that we don't? This book explores these questions.
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Illuminating wisdom! Thank you!
- By James A. Coles Jr. on 06-17-16
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When God's Ways Make No Sense
- By: Dr. Larry Crabb
- Narrated by: Tom Hatting
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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It doesn't take too much living before we realize that life never goes quite the way we want it to. But when things get hard and we don't understand what God is doing, what is our first impulse? Is it to resist him and run away like Jonah? Or is it to trust him even while trembling in fear of suffering like Habbakuk? In this powerful exploration of God's often mysterious and counterintuitive ways, Dr. Larry Crabb challenges listeners to seize the opportunities for growth and maturity that come our way when we experience troubles and failures.
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Excellent read
- By Michael Black on 10-25-19
By: Dr. Larry Crabb
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Yawning at Tigers
- You Can't Tame God, So Stop Trying
- By: Drew Nathan Dyck
- Narrated by: Henry O. Arnold
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
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When was the last time you were overawed by God’s majesty? Have you ever stood in stunned silence at his holiness and power? In our shallow, self-centered age, things like truth and reverence might seem outdated, lost. Yet we’re restless. And our failed attempts to ease our unrest point to an ancient ache for an experience of the holy. Drew Dyck makes a compelling case that what we seek awaits us in the untamed God of Scripture - a God who is dangerous yet accessible, mysterious yet powerfully present.
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Perspective changing
- By Chris A. on 01-06-19
By: Drew Nathan Dyck
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The Sin of Certainty
- Why God Desires Our Trust More than Our "Correct" Beliefs
- By: Peter Enns
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
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With compelling and often humorous stories from his own life, Bible scholar Peter Enns offers a fresh look at how Christian life truly works, answering questions that cannot be addressed by the idealized traditional doctrine of "once for all delivered to the saints".
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Title may mislead the actual content
- By Adam Shields on 05-26-16
By: Peter Enns
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He Loves Me!
- Learning to Live in the Father's Affection
- By: Wayne Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Wayne Jacobsen
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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Do you find yourself picking through circumstances like children plucking daisy petals attempting to figure out whether or not God loves you? If you find yourself least certain of his love in those critical moments when you most need to trust him, there is hope for you. Where? At the one event in human history that forever secured your place in the Father's heart - the cross where Jesus allowed sin and shame to be consumed in his own body so that you could freely embrace a relationship with his Father.
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Amazing
- By Amazon Customer on 04-30-12
By: Wayne Jacobsen
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Let Go
- Seven Stumbling Blocks to Christian Discipleship
- By: Casey Cole OFM
- Narrated by: Casey Cole OFM
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
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"What must I do to gain eternal life?” The rich man who asked this of Jesus was told to sell all he had and give to the poor. But, more importantly, he was told, “Come, follow me!” Franciscan Casey Cole challenges us to let go of something more difficult than material wealth: expectations, anxiety, comfort, wounds, enemies, power - and our very selves. Speaking from both personal and pastoral experience, he outlines the stumbling blocks that turn us away from following Jesus as true disciples. The response to “What must I do?” is simple but not easy: Let go. Now.
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Truly a good listen
- By Anonymous User on 12-23-22
By: Casey Cole OFM