Anthony Evans - When Faith Meets Therapy: Find Hope and a Practical Path to Emotional, Spiritual, and Relational Healing

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When Faith Meets Therapy

2022 Anthony Evans and Stacy Kaiser

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This book is lovingly dedicated to Reyn Danesi, Clint Torres,

Tori Kelly, Andr Murillo, Matt Lashey, Justin Ervin, and

Ashley Graham for walking with me so closely and intently

when life wasnt easy. Your love, support, and friendship

through this recent season is one of the main reasons Ive held

on to faith and done the emotional work through therapy.

ANTHONY

To my daughters, Jordan and Katie: having you as my children

has been the best gift any mother could receive. I love you with

all my heart, and I hope that the lessons I have taught you

make your journeys as adults a little bit happier and easier.

To Mitch: your love and support go beyond anything that words

can express. I am grateful every day to have you in my life.

STACY

Comfort, oh comfort my people,

says your God.

Speak softly and tenderly to Jerusalem,

but also make it very clear.

ISAIAH 40:12 MSG

When Faith Meets Therapy is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the guidance of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition.

If you are in crisis or think you may have an emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately. If you are having suicidal thoughts, call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) to talk to a skilled, trained counselor at a crisis center in your area at any time. If you are located outside the United States, call your local emergency line immediately.

Where there is no [wise, intelligent] guidance, the people fall [and go off course like a ship without a helm], but in the abundance of [wise and godly] counselors there is victory.

PROVERBS 11:14 AMP

I dont want to assume that everyone who picks up this book knows me, and since this is the introduction to this book, I guess I should introduce myself.

Im the oldest son of Drs. Lois and Tony Evans from Dallas, Texas. Im a worship leader, songwriter, and producer living in Dallas and Los Angeles. My mom and dad are the founders of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, where my dad, to this day, is still the pastor. They also founded a global ministry called The Urban Alternative, and my dad is the president. I dont know how he had time to do it, but somewhere along the way he has squeezed in writing more than 120 books, including his popular Kingdom series. You may have seen me on the road with my big sister, Priscilla Shirer, a speaker, Bible teacher, author, and occasional actress. Im also the proud brother of two more amazing and accomplished siblingsauthors and speakers Chrystal Evans Hurst and Jonathan Evans.

Although I love the Cali sunshine, I split time between Texas and LA. You see, my mom passed away two years ago, and Priscilla had a serious health scare. The Evans family suffered a lot of tragedy and loss in a very short period of time. Then the pandemic hit. My family needed me, so without hesitation I made sure to be closer to home. Work can wait! Family comes firstalways.

I enjoy making records, producing vocals, spearheading new ideas for the family, working on television shows, films, and events, and I even get to do some acting now and then. About a decade ago, I was a contestant on