Hidden in Shadow

Tales of Grief, Lamentations, and Faith

De: Janna Barber

Narrado por: Janna Barber

It is an uncomfortable truth that the path to joy often leads through valleys shadowed by grief. Loneliness, depression, and anger can consume our hearts and minds so fully that we see no way to escape the dark. Where is God? Where are the comfort and joy he promised?

Janna Barber was a preacher’s kid. She grew up surrounded by a cloud of believers that taught her to ignore and suppress such negative emotions. She graduated high school, went to college, found a husband, and started a family. That was when she found herself suffering through a profound sadness. Depression, multiple miscarriages, and an inexplicable anger weighed her down as she trudged through those shadows, searching for a light she could not find. It was through her grief and lamentations that Janna learned that to experience the light of hope and joy, we must be willing to walk through the shadows.

With warmth, wit, and humor, Janna invites listeners to examine their own grief and see if it might be transformed into something good.

©2020 Ghost Choir/Thistle Bound Press, Janna Barber (P)2022 Ghost Choir/Thistle Bound Press, Janna Barber

An overwhelming story of hope.

I really wanted to write that this was a really enjoyable book, but it is not.
This book is an amazing close up look at grief and depression, and as such it is emotional and heartbreaking. As a person who has dealt with some depression the insight of keeping a vigilant watch for it to keep in is really helpful since it creeps in so slowly a lot of the time and suddenly one day it is overwhelming.
The overall message is one of hope. Hope that this can be done, that there are others out there who, although the pain is quite different, can relate and we can put our arms around each other and have grace for others, since they are managing their own personal struggles. sharing these intimate struggles with those around us can help us know there will be the other side, we can reach that distant shore.

A note on the narration, it is stunning. errors were left in, I believe on purpose because it is about imperfection, struggles and it adds an element of genuineness that I had previously thought impossible.