christian counseling today
Vol. 20 no. 2
79
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Tim Jennings, one of America’s leading
psychiatrists, here reveals how our
brains and bodies thrive when we
have a healthy understanding of who
God is. Exposing how di erent God
concepts a ect the brain di erently,
Dr. Jennings forges surprising new
connections between health and
right belief.
THE GOD SHAPED BRA I N
256 pages, paperback, 978-0-8308-3416-7, $16.00
“I don’t know of another book
that so beautifully describes
how our mind can be
restored back to the way God
originally designed it to be.”
BRAD COLE, M.D.,
director of
neuroscience education, Loma Linda
University School of Medicine
Amy Simpson calls the church to a
concerted e ort to understand and
help individuals and families who are
coping with mental illness. Re ecting
on the confusion, shame and grief
brought on by her mother’s schizo-
phrenia, Simpson provides a bracing
look at the social and physical realities
of mental illness and explores new
possibilities for ministry to this stigma-
tized group.
222 pages, paperback, 978-0-8308-4304-6, $16.00
TROUBLED MI NDS
“[Amy Simpson] eloquently
presents information that every
Christian should have on how
to recognize and appropriately
respond to those living
with mental illness.”
MATTHEW S. STANFORD,
professor of
psychology and neuroscience,
Baylor University
Ministry, the Mind and the
Hope Understanding Can Bring
