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Honestly takes readers on a journey past the walls most of us put up and into the recesses of one woman's heart. With rare grace, Sheila shares the story of her pilgrimage.
| Can Anything Good Come Out of the 700 Club? | 2010-04-29 | 4 / 5 |
| I knew Sheila Walsh as a really great rock musician. I remembered the work she did with Steve Taylor, and to this day treasure her song "Under the Gun". She wrote and sang with real edge, something all to rare these days in CCM.
"We were born under the gun,
And just like every mother's son,
we are hostage to the megaton,
and the world could end tonight!
There's a finger on the button,
But if it's pressed we're not forgotten.
Millions speak,
Feel no fear,
The road to change is in ascendance here."
In a world that was convinced that the world could (would?) end tonight because of globalthermonuclear war, where the political beliefs of many Christians were based on this universe of fear, Sheila offered a very different understanding.
But my understanding of her was as a kid. And mysteriously, she disappeared one day.
I wasn't in those Christian circles that supported the 700 Club, and so wasn't aware of her joining up with them and being a regular anchor. While most might know her from these years, I knew her as a rock star, and then never heard anything of her afterward.
Thank you Wikipedia. On a whim, I wikied her, and learned some about her amazing history- and a book she wrote. I was surprised to discover that she attended the very same grad school that I did, graduating only months before I began.
There is some real depth here, just as I once read in her lyrics. This isn't just a book for those struggling with depression, although it can help there. It is also a book that will encourage you in the midst of the more humdrum sadness that we all experience in the normal course of human events. And the title breaths true- there is some real honesty here. Sheila has helped to open the door on the Scarlet D, so much a topic of shame in Evangelical circles.
But for me there is another challenge. While not being in the circles that supported the 700 Club, I also have never found anything to like from that TV show and network. Hearing how many people were touched and helped and healed by Sheila's work, both before and after her depression, was a challenge to me. I have made my God too small. And he has done some good work through Sheila- and the 700 Club- as well. |
| A refreshing, brutally honest book about clinical depression | 2009-08-17 | 5 / 5 |
| Many of us thought that we were all alone in our struggle with depression!
You are NOT alone! Sheila is honest about her walk through the valley. Find courage and hope through the heart of Sheila Walsh. |
| | I ordered the book new. What a great price!! Arrived quickly. Written by a woman with deep faith, simple honest journey through her depression to health. |
| Honestly, by Sheila Walsh | 2009-04-20 | 5 / 5 |
| | I purchased Sheila Walsh's book, "Honestly", and also "Let Go" about a month ago. I have been reading "Honestly", and find it hard to put down. I've known about Sheila Walsh for many years, have enjoyed her music, but had never read any of her books. This one is definitely a jewell, especially for folks who may be struggling with depression or other challenges of life, relationally or otherwise. She talks about how she lived her life mostly behind a "mask", fearing to let others know what was really going on inside her. Sheila is very open and straight forward in the description of the difficulties she faced, and yet she brings along with that a wonderful sense of hope for healing and restoration. This is a great book, and worth the money and the time to read it. |
| Every Christian Counselor needs to read this book | 2009-01-17 | 5 / 5 |
| Sheila is highly adept at putting heartfelt feelings into words, with grace and dignity, as I have never seen when it comes to clinical depression and things that send us reeling into anxiety, fear, and depression; and she does it with such a concentration on God's Word and personal experiences that you can "get it"... and they aren't just "pat" answers because she's quick to say that sometimes there just aren't words or answers for some, just hugs and tears. She is so humanly real yet so godly wonderful at the task God has set her on -- to encourage and help women who are struggling. I have read 5 of her books so far (and passed them on) and they are all well worth reading. I highly recommend them to anyone (woman, especially) who need encouragement from someone who experientially knows how they feel in that dark valley...and feel as if no one understands. She definitely does! and, these are some of her other writings that have blessed me:
The Heartache No One Sees: Real Healing for a Woman's Wounded Heart
Living Fearlessly
Life Is Tough, But God Is Faithful: How To See God's Love In Difficult Times |
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