Book Launch: Loving Yourself by Richard Frost
Thursday 18 September | 6:15pm | The Chapter House
‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself’ is one of Jesus’s most well-known and often quoted sayings (Mark 12:31). Probably, most of us feel comfortable with the ‘love your neighbour’ part of Jesus’ words: thinking of others, being kind to people. But what about, ‘as yourself’? To have love for ourselves in the same way as we love others?
Loving Yourself is a new book by Richard Frost, Exeter Cathedral Volunteer and Licensed Lay Minister on the Totnes Ministry Team, and we warmly invite you to attend the official book launch, taking place in The Chapter House on Thursday 18 September at 6:15pm. There is no cost to attend this event.
In this book, Richard explores how our love for both neighbour and ourselves stems from God’s love for us. It considers the background and context of Jesus’ words; what it means, and what it doesn’t mean, to have love for ourselves; and how we can love ourselves in a way which enables us to love our neighbour. The book offers practical suggestions, and wrestles with some of the trickier parts, too.
In the foreword, Canon Deborah Parsons writes, ‘This is a book to linger with and to apply to daily living and spiritual practice. It is a book that is compassionate and realistic, honest and accessible, offering down-to-earth tips borne from lived experience and forged in the furnace of life. There is something for everyone. Drink deeply from this wisdom well and trust that the living water it contains will nourish the parched or dry places in yourself.’
Loving Yourself is published by SLG Press and retails at £7. For more information about this event, and to purchase your copy of Loving Yourself, please visit the website of Richard Frost or contact Richard.
Follow-up event:
Richard will also be hosting ‘Quiet Afternoon’, an event featuring two short talks and moments of silence, based on the themes explored in his new book, Loving Yourself. For more information, click here.
