Christine is a certified biblical counselor, the host of the Hope + Help Podcast for the Institute for Biblical Counseling & Discipleship, and a council member for the Biblical Counseling Coalition. She is the author of Midnight Mercies as well as several mini-books and is a regular speaker at women’s events and conferences. Christine lives with her husband and three children in South Carolina, where she is a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Easley.

Endorsements:

“Christine Chappell offers comfort and hope to the afflicted reader by sharing the comfort she has received from God amid her suffering through the psalms of lament. She shows how these psalms point beyond our situation to the affliction, lament, and triumph of Christ. Her clear expression of these truths will edify and encourage the reader.”  ~Jim Newheiser, Professor of Christian Counseling, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte; Executive Director, Institute of Biblical Counseling & Discipleship

“This book brought me to tears in the best way possible. I felt seen and understood in the ways I experience grief. Christine Chappell is a compassionate witness and a skillful guide. No matter the type of loss or grief you are experiencing, this book will lead you through a practical, biblical, God-facing process of lament. I know I will be recommending it often.”  ~Esther Smith, Director, Christian Trauma Counseling; Author, A Still and Quiet Mind

“This book is a faithful guide for suffering saints who want to bring their pain to the Lord but either aren’t sure how, feel too exhausted to try, or are afraid they’ll just be told to ‘focus on the positive.’ Chappell skillfully navigates the biblical tension between hurt and hope without minimizing the depth of our pain or losing sight of the promises of God. I’m grateful to add it to my library as I seek to draw near to the Lord in my pain, and I trust it will be a gift to you as well.”  ~Karrie Hahn Devlin, Counselor; Author, Limping Heavenward: Living by Faith in Comprehensive and Chronic Suffering