RECOMMENDED
RESOURCES

FOR MENTAL HEALTH

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255. This is a 24/7 line. If you or someone you love is in crisis, please call this confidential number for immediate care. You can also text HOME to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org.

  • National Alliance on Mental Illness (www.nami.org) works to raise awareness and provide support for those afflicted with and impacted by mental illness through advocacy, local support groups, and education.

  • Grace Alliance (www.mentalhealthgracealliance.org) provides Christian mental health resources and programs for individuals and families, as well as leadership tools for developing active community support.

  • Fresh Hope for Mental Health (www.freshhope.us) provides Christian mental health resources through support groups, an award-winning blog, podcasts, and webinars.

  • InterVarsity Press publishes many excellent nonfiction books about mental and emotional health. Here are a few that may be helpful:

    • Grace for the Afflicted: A Clinical and Biblical Perspective on Mental Illness, Matthew S. Stanford

    • Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission, Amy Simpson and Marshall Shelley

    • Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One’s Search for Comfort, Answers, and Hope, Albert Y. Hsu

FOR GRIEF AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION

  • A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss, Jerry Sittser

  • A Sacred Sorrow: Reaching Out to God in the Lost Language of Lament, Michael Card

  • When Heaven is Silent: Trusting God When Life Hurts, Ron Dunn

  • Broken Hallelujahs: Learning to Grieve the Big and Small Losses of Life, Beth Allen Slevcove

FOR ART AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION

  • Contemplative Vision: A Guide to Christian Art and Prayer, Juliet Benner

  • Spiritual Formation: Following the Movements of the Spirit, Henri Nouwen with Michael J. Christensen and Rebecca J. Laird

FOR VINCENT VAN GOGH

  • All his letters are available to read online: vangoghletters.org

  • Learning from Henri Nouwen and Vincent van Gogh: A Portrait of the Compassionate Life, Carol A. Berry

  • Vincent van Gogh: His Spiritual Vision in Life and Art, Carol A. Berry

  • At Eternity’s Gate: The Spiritual Vision of Vincent van Gogh, Kathleen Powers Erickson

  • The Shoes of Van Gogh: A Spiritual and Artistic Journey to the Ordinary, Cliff Edwards