Pauline Doty presents her story and faith, sharing hope and the power of transforming love. This kind of faith leads to transformed lives and transformed communities. Doty shares questions and answers that have been a part of her journey with faith, mental illness, #metoo grief, and losses. This book will renew your personal faith in a loving God, and grow your loving relationships with yourself and others. Doty connects with an audience that includes all believers and all who live with doubts and questions. All seekers for peace, hope, and truth in our divided America will find stimulating and helpful dialogue with the hard questions. She lends confidence that God (by many names and revelations) goes with and before us, all ways and always.

Pauline Doty grew up in rural Crown Point, Indiana. She is oldest of seven children. In sophomore year of college, she suffered a mental breakdown and was able to get the help she needed. In the next year, she made gains in her healing and recovery journey, and her vocation goals changed from nursing to pastoral care and counseling. At Anderson University (Anderson, Indiana), Chicago Theological Seminary (MDiv), and Columbia Theological Seminary (ThM), she studied theology, philosophy, pastoral care, and counseling, integrating her work as chaplain with her own psychotherapy and healing journey. Pauline has been a certified Pastoral Care Specialist with American Association of Pastoral Counselors. She is retired member of the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education. (AAPC merged with ACPE in 2019). Her graduate thesis was completed for Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, 1987: Responding to Persons in Despair; A Process Theology of Hope for Pastoral Care and Counseling. Attentive to faith issues and questions in the midst of crisis, loss, illness, tragedy, and mental health issues, Pauline has served in counseling and service programs, hospitals, hospice, homes, and homeless shelters. She is committed to overcoming divisions and prejudice caused by racism, mental illness, poverty, and homophobia. She has been a member of Church of God (Anderson, IN), Presbyterian, USA, and United Methodist congregations. Pauline is a certified NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Connections and Peer to Peer facilitator. She leads Forgiveness/Spirituality groups, NAMI Connections support groups, and provides peer counseling. Pauline lives in Columbia, South Carolina with her cat, Majesty.