Current technology is supposed to create more opportunities for communication and connectedness. Yet isolation and loneliness are at epidemic levels and continue to grow. Furthermore, loneliness and depression’s relationship are symbiotic. They feed off one another and perpetuate one another. Lou Priolo’s book provides wonderful insight for the Christian who longs for real biblical help. Within these pages you can find truthful wisdom to address irritability, self-centeredness, and depression, which are the fruits of loneliness, and get to the heart of the problem. I highly recommend it!
In this little booklet, Priolo demonstrates an understanding of the complexity of emotions involved in our experience of loneliness. Rather than viewing it through a negative lens only, the author shows how loneliness can be a signal that we need to draw near to the Lord. He also offers practical counsel to help us to cultivate companionship with the Savior through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, the Word, and God’s people.
This is a much-needed resource for a common counseling problem. As always, Lou is biblical and practical.
Reading this booklet is like having a mini-counseling session with Lou Priolo himself! This resource is conversational in tone, intuitive in approach, and insightful in counsel. I recommend this booklet as a helpful exploration of the experience of loneliness from a biblical perspective. Those looking for practical next steps in responding to their feelings of loneliness will surely benefit from reading it!
Biblical counselors will benefit immensely from the content and tools provided by a trusted voice for biblical remedy to the common human problem of loneliness. Lou is scripturally faithful, biblically discerning, and genuinely practical as he approaches a tender subject with compassion.
