Anyone for a quiz?

I don’t know about you, but I’ve always been partial to a quiz. 

Here’s a question for you: 

What have the following got in common - 

a bird bath - a bunch of carnations - a little red tractor - a very high mountain - a broken vase - 

a blind beggar - an Olympic runner - a rucksack full of stones - a kitchen drawer - a canal boat

a Swedish arrow - a flight of geese - a barbecue pit - a city centre map - a slate chalkboard … 

and the Bible! 

                                                      The answer: 

Just as Jesus used familiar objects to illustrate his teachings, 

these are all things you’ll find in my new book,

Healing Life’s Wounds. 

It’s a book full of healing insights, grounded in everyday life. 

It's published on June 14th and available for pre-order soon.

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My new book - it's nearly here!

 

Here it is!  My new book!

I’m grateful to the skills of the publishing team who have turned my words into a beautiful, attractive book. I love the imagery in the cover design, capturing the ideas of light shining through, bringing hope in the darkness, and the symbolism of beautiful love enabling us to become radiant, living into the fullness of life that Jesus desires for us. These concepts are at the heart of the book. New life is possible, no matter how bleak things feel right now.

Author, retreat leader and spiritual director, Amy Boucher Pye, says this of the book:

 

Can I really find relief from this pain? Yes, says Pat Marsh resoundingly. She leads us through a gentle but deep exploration of what lies beneath the anguish as she points us to the One who sets us free. She’s a trustworthy guide who understands what we’re feeling, having trodden the road of suffering before finding freedom and release in God. I’ll recommend this book in the years to come.

New life is possible, no matter how bleak things feel right now.

It would be the greatest privilege to let me guide you to that place through this book.

It's coming soon - out on June 14th!

It will be available from 

my website, Christian bookshops and all the usual online Christian booksellers.

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Beyond Feeling Broken

 

It’s easy to become disillusioned, I find, with social media. How many people do you know who post truthful images of themselves online when their life is at its unimaginable worst?  In that context, the snapshots we see of others aren’t a complete picture of real life are they.

Because all of us are wounded.  You.  Me.  The lady at the checkout.  The stranger at the bus stop.  The person who just served you at the coffee shop.  We all gather wounds along life’s way.  And our remarkable brains and bodies retain the memories of all we have experienced. Everything. Both joyous and painful. 

 

None of us have had a perfect past (whatever we think that might look like). We cannot photoshop out the experiences that have wounded us, or the behaviours we wish we had never adopted. And our wounds have a disarming habit of impacting us long after we gathered them.  But that doesn’t mean that our wounds have to define us.

And that’s the heart and soul of my new forthcoming book, 

Healing Life’s Wounds: Beyond Feeling Broken. 

It’s possible to heal, move on and live into fullness of life.  Resurrection is not just for Easter; it’s for today, now, whoever you are and whatever cross you are privately carrying.

 

The book’s out on June 14th.

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How are you?

 

How are you today?

How are you deep down in your soul, beneath the face you show to the world? What’s the honest truth of how you feel when you stop for long enough to honestly consider the question?

How are you really?

It can be a tough question. And I make no apologies for asking it. Emotional wounds are part and parcel of life. We all have them. No one escapes them. They stir weird feelings in us and impact the way that we behave. And, unaddressed, they can prevent us from living at our happiest and best.

As I say in my upcoming book …

Our inner world is not always peaceful. There are times when difficult thoughts rumble around in there and refuse to be silenced. Worries about the future. Regrets about the past. Fears for our wellbeing. Grief for our losses. The pain of our wounds. Anger about the way we have been treated. Deep and complex hurts about our life situation.

At any given time, most of us can probably tick one of those boxes. And, when we can tick several at the same time, things can quickly spiral to a point of feeling overwhelming. And we feel that overload not just in our mind but also in weird and uncomfortable sensations in our body.

Understanding what’s happening in our body and gently untangling the fears, hurts and disappointments behind the sensations can begin to lead you to back to a state of peace and wellbeing.

My new book will lead you gently through that process:

Healing Life’s Wounds; Beyond Feeling Broken

is published on June 14th 2025

by Sarah Grace Publishing

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