David W Crabb

The Roaring Forties David W Crabb

Using the metaphor of maritime journeying and prevailing conditions, this book deals with the varying transitions encountered within the Christian faith. From a conversion experience into a Kingdom context, moving into ministerial life, leading two churches and experiencing denominational systems and their subsequent effects. The author shares honestly the effects of losing identity within an organised and systemised context, as well as how to not only survive, but to break free from these entrapments. No blame is attached and no attacks are made, rather, a personal account of how to deal with these pressures is attempted. Insights from a psychotherapeutic perspective are offered, as well as theological reflections. The need for greater self awareness and reflective practice within both personal and ministerial contexts is also discussed. This is a refreshing, honest look at how a young man from a traumatic background, encounters and transitions the varying winds of circumstance, as well as finding his way through experience within a system that somehow seemed to take over his identity. Finding worth through identity alone became the goal, liberation of knowing in reality the biblical truth that love never fails, because love is outside the boundaries of and cannot be restrained by ANY system.