How Can I Help? by Chris Shea

by Chris Shea

Chris Shea's sweet illustrations and endearing words are a tender offering of hope to those needing a little lift. Her writing is pure and fresh. Her simple expressions buoy a heart and spread encouragement for today. "Maybe I could hire birds to sing outside your windowor find a huge umbrella to shelter you from weeping skies…" As this handful of gentle wishes is sprinkled with beautiful promises of God, it becomes the gift you want to give your friends to say, "I care. I'm here for you."

Hardcover

First published February 1, 2014

Reviews

[ByTheFire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just in the previous year, I’ve joined a club with so many of my friends. Together we have encountered dark nights of the soul that have continued into weeks and months and years. We’ve have experienced deployments, severe illnesses, surgeries, job setbacks, sudden moves, and the final passing of one or both parents.
It is difficult to know what to say to help and give comfort during these times. Chris Shea’s offers a way in her book, How Can I Help?
How Can I Help? is a little volume that captures our willingness to do absolutely anything to alleviate the pain of another. Through a series of illustrated intentions… (“I could get you a little, red sweater with pretty yellow buttons so you can feel warmer when the world seems cold”) Chris Shea gives voice to our willingness to be there for another.
Chris puts the emphasis on healing and the grace of God’s care.
Chris’ gift of expression and illustration is quite accurately, as she describes in the pages of How Can I Help?, “a Band-aid made in heaven.”