CHRISTIAN LIFE
The Black Dog (10 Years On): THE WEEK’S LINKS IN ONE PLACE
So here are all this week’s Black Dog posts linked in one place…
22nd August 2015
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depression
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apologetics
The Black Dog (10 years on) 8: SOME LITERARY COMPANIONS…
William Nicholson wrote Shadowlands, the play (which became the film) inspired by C.S.Lewis’s extraordinary testimony A Grief Observed. In it, he gave Lewis this lovely
21st August 2015
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C S Lewis
The Black Dog (10 years on) 7: SOME TOP TIPS…
As I wrap this little sequence of ruthless self-exposure up, various omissions and oddities have occurred to me, so the easiest thing is probably to string them together in a
18th August 2015
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BIBLE
The Black Dog (10 years on) 6: SO YOU WANT TO HELP…
I’m glad. In fact, if you didn’t, I’d be quite concerned for you! But be warned. This isn’t for the faint-hearted. It will try your patience and
16th August 2015
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All Souls Langham Place
The Black Dog (10 years on) 5: THE INSENSIBILITY OF FAITH…
It’s been very moving to have messages in the last few days about my black dog posts. Thank you! At least it shows that it’s been worth it. As
14th August 2015
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brain
The Black Dog (10years on) 4: THE END OF THE ROAD…?
So where does it all lead? Well, that’s precisely the problem. It can often feel like the road down has only one conclusion. Or perhaps terminus
13th August 2015
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brain
The Black Dog (10 years on) 3: THE DARKENED CAVE…
I touched on the surprisingly physical reality of the black dog yesterday. It’s surprising, because, of course, depression is as much about emotional pain and scars as anything else. But
11th August 2015
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CHRISTIAN LIFE
The Black Dog (10 years on) 1: BEHIND THE MASK…
Poets and artists have had it. Leaders and teachers have had it. Normal and extraordinary people have had it. For all I know, even educated fleas have had
10th August 2015
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apologetics
Broadcast of my Wilderness of Mirrors interview on 100 Huntley St
While I was in the US for the publication of A Wilderness of Mirrors back in May, I was asked to make a mildly crazy detour to Toronto for
5th July 2015
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19th Century
Spurgeon’s Sorrows: a book I never realised I was desperate for
If you’re from a certain corner of the global harvest field that is the church, then Charles Haddon Spurgeon will be a familiar, if not
10th March 2015
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BOOKS/WRITING
Feeling out of your depth…?
Am in the middle of a book which was recommended to me by a friend I hardly see for reasons of which I have no knowledge! Zack
10th February 2015
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BOOKS/WRITING
The Paradoxes of Loneliness from Jean Vanier’s Becoming Human
Depression isolates and introverts. It’s a brutally vicious circle. And so when one occasionally gets swept up by outbreaks of energy, they are often focused on desperately trying
13th January 2015
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