Broken Pieces and the God Who Mends Them

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Simonetta Carr makes her return to the bunker. She’s written a number of Christian books (including some wonderful children’s biographies) and she’s also a contributor of Place for Truth, another Alliance website.This time around, Simonetta joins the team to talk about a very different kind of book she’s written lately: Broken Pieces, and the God Who Mends Them. It’s a memoir of her son, where she addresses mental illness from a very personal and painful experience.Simonetta’s story doesn’t end there, as the second part of the book’s title suggests. She also shares the encouragement found in the weekly preaching of God’s Word, and all the ways in which the Lord has blessed her through suffering. Pull up a chair, and join in the discussion.We are pleased to give away some copies of Simonetta’s book Broken Pieces and the God Who Mends Them. Register for the opportunity to win one. The copies are a complimentary gift from our friends at P&R Publishing.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman, Todd Pruitt, and Amy Bird.
0:25.5	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:30.6	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:32.9	Thank you. Welcome to Mortification of Spin.
0:46.6	I'm your host, Carl Truman, along with the other two hosts, Amy Bird, housewife theologian,
0:53.4	Todd Pruitt, pastor of the PCA Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia, from which we are broadcasting today.
1:01.4	And we have a special guest to interview in this program.
1:06.1	She's actually demonstrating the triumph of hope over experience by coming back on for the third time
1:12.9	equalling, I think, Michael Allen of RTS's record of appearances on the show.
1:19.3	Her name is Simoneta Carr.
1:20.7	She's a wife.
1:21.8	She's a mother.
1:22.8	She's probably best known to most of you out there as the author of a series of beautifully written
1:30.7	and beautifully illustrated children's books published by Reformation Heritage books.
1:37.2	And she's also a contributor to another Alliance website, a place for truth.
1:44.0	So welcome to the show, Simeneta. Thank you for having me again.
1:49.2	It's great to have you back. Today, though, we want to talk about your latest book, which is a break
1:55.8	from the kind of thing you've written before. It's a deeply personal and deeply moving a book that is both a
2:05.7	memoir of your life with your son, Jonathan, and also a reflection on the connection between the
2:16.0	gospel and the church and those who struggle with mental illness.
2:20.3	Perhaps Simonet, you'd like to start by just giving us a little bit of background on why you came to write this.
2:28.3	This very interesting, unique and in many ways very hard to read book.
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