Connecting
Healing Ourselves and Our Relationships

This was excellent. He's getting to the root of one of our major issues in the culture: lots of connection, but very little meaningful, Christ-centered community. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to get out of the shallows. As one who followed him during the earlier years, Dr Crabb's pe......more

"Connecting: Healing Ourselves and Our Relationships" by veteran psychologist Larry Crabb is a provocative manifesto for the "counselorhood of all believers."Crabb contends that by connecting at a deep level, faithful Christians and church communities can fulfill the purposes for which many individu......more

Larry Crabb suggests that the exhortation/accountability and psychological disorder/therapy paradigms are not the most effective and appropriate means for dealing with many kinds of personal problems. Rather, Crabb believes that balm for these problems comes through connecting---when "the life of Ch......more

This was one if my favorite required readings in college on intrapersonal relationships. So much so that I purchased it again fifteen years later for a refresher. Though you need a good cup of coffee (or caffeine of choice) before sitting down with this book, Crabb offers very valid biblical thought......more

Because the topic has much potential, my expectations were high. Unfortunately, they weren't met. This is by no means a bad or an uninteresting book, but in my opinion, it fails to be a practical guide to connecting. Rather, it is an encouragement and an explanation why it is important, but not much......more