It has been so long since I posted. I am finally able to alert you to my evolving movement based on my book Emergent Grace. I am just embarking upon the journey of founding this movement. It will pick up momentum now with the publication of my second book, What I Remember of the Little I Understand: A Memoir of Finding Mental Health in Christ.
My prayer as I was writing this book was that it reach the people it was meant to. I wrote it for teens and twenty-somethings just coming down with serious mental illness. But I also just wrote it for myself. Writing it has been an important step in my journey past a traumatic childhood.
I hope the hopeful tone of the book doesn’t put off people who suffer acutely from mental illness. May people who are suffering be encouraged to keep going, may their pain not be dismissed, nor their despair discounted. One friend who read it said that it was definitely more depressing than she would have liked, but I told her that when I was having a hard time I didn’t want to read platitudes. She said it was really hopeful at the end, and that she liked that.
updated website
Now, about the website: emergentgrace.com. This is now my website go-to for writing book reviews and sharing about events in the health world. Most universally useable is the page featuring key resources: https://emergentgrace.com/resources/.
In all, I encourage you to explore the site and to stay tuned as more content emerges (which I will post about).
Just a couple of weeks ago, I applied to be a secretary and was so excited about it because it would have been in a school counseling office. I thought that I would be able to help struggling children get in to see their counselor. I am frequently applying to jobs and then unapplying.
Thus, I prayed and realized that I may be able to help a great deal more people if I devote myself to writing, speaking, and all the rest–full time.
I have faith I can really help people given the mental health crisis that is in our country–and in the world. The more people with mental health conditions share their stories, the more the stigma breaks down. Please write me at erin@emergentgrace.com if you are interested in sharing your story with my readers.
Be well,
Erin 🙂
