My next few posts are going to tackle seven books from a new series that Shepherd Press is publishing. These are small books that you'd find at a side table at your church. They're great, because you can sit down in less than an hour and read what they have to say. The books I've read so far have given me a lot to think about and process. The first booklet is about Depression. Carol Trahan has written a small and easy to read book. It tackles the type of depression that are part of the normal ups and downs of life. This is not a book for anyone who deals with ongoing, prolonged depression. She says from the get go that she is a biblical counselor, not a medical doctor. Even so, I wish she had included a few questions about how to discern which type of depression you are experiencing and how to get ongoing help. But, as to the material in this book, I liked it. Quite a lot actually. I thought that she made some great points about depression and sadness in t...