Angelic Hymns of a Life Once Burdened is a plea for humanity (and myself) to dig up the buried roots of life, even if the shovel is a bit rusty and overused. This book symbolizes freedom of love coupled with nature. It invokes higher powers to surge through the body and heal the bottled up pieces which may have been left full of dingy water for too long. Themes include nature, love, food, animals, spirituality, and accepting your true self through soothing verse. This book utilizes metaphor, assonance, alliteration, and mostly prepositional poetry. Caressing the reader s eyes and heart, along with emboldening rebirth is the main purpose of this chapbook. Nature, animals, flowers, food, and angels are just a few of the central figures contained within. There are inspiring pieces which dwell in the caves of dark being, only to find their way to light towards the end. There are also sweet nothings entombed within convoluted language, which hopes to unravel the reader and stitch them back into whole beings.

"No attempt has been made to present a critical study of Frances Jane Crosby, but simply to retell the life of the Sightless Singer as she, herself, told it to me on various occasions when visiting my home" - p. 11.

A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.