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Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love (Ed Welch)

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Everyone needs help from time to time, especially in the midst of painful circumstances and difficult trials. In this short book, a highly respected biblical counselor and successful author offers practical guidance for all Christians—pastors and laypeople alike—who want to develop their “helping skills” when it comes to walking alongside hurting people.

Friends are the best helpers, and this book is grounded in that idea.  Welch shows believers that most of us are already equipped to bear one another’s burdens through gentle words of wisdom and kind acts of love. God uses ordinary relationships and conversations between ordinary Christians in your lives, more than that of “professionals.”  Using nothing more spectacular or exceptional than each other, God works extraordinary miracles in our lives.

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Side by Side

Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love 

Everyone needs help from time to time, especially in the midst of painful circumstances and difficult trials. In this short book, a highly respected biblical counselor and successful author offers practical guidance for all Christians—pastors and laypeople alike—who want to develop their “helping skills” when it comes to walking alongside hurting people.

Friends are the best helpers, and this book is grounded in that idea.  Welch shows believers that most of us are already equipped to bear one another’s burdens through gentle words of wisdom and kind acts of love. God uses ordinary relationships and conversations between ordinary Christians in your lives, more than that of “professionals.”  Using nothing more spectacular or exceptional than each other, God works extraordinary miracles in our lives.

About the Author

Edward T. Welch (PhD, University of Utah) is a counselor and faculty member at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation. He has been counseling for more than 35 years and has written extensively on the topics of depression, fear, and addictions. His books include When People Are Big and God Is Small and Running Scared: Fear, Worry and the God of Rest.

Endorsements

“The task of counseling is the task of loving others well. This book will help you to know what the love of Christ looks like, how to extend it to others, and how to accept it from others as you live in relationship together.”
Heath Lambert, associate pastor, First Baptist Church of Jacksonville; executive director, Association of Certified Biblical Counselors; author, A Theology of Biblical Counseling and Finally Free

“There are two things that Welch’s book does very well. It demonstrates that no one gives grace better than a person who is convinced he needs it himself and that God makes his invisible grace visible by sending ordinary people to give extraordinary grace to people who need it. Welch not only reminds us all of our call to friendship ministry but also unpacks for us what it looks like. Every Christian should read this book!”
Paul David Tripp, president, Paul Tripp Ministries; author, What Did You Expect?

“Welch builds a vision of a Christian community that moves beyond platitudes and empty promises to deep, scriptural, Christlike relationships. You will find this book to be a helpful primer on how to ask for and provide help in the midst of an age of separation.”
Elyse M. Fitzpatrick, counselor; speaker; author, Found in Him

Table of Contents

Part 1: We Are Needy

  1. Life Is Hard
  2. Our Hearts Are Busy
  3. Hard Circumstances Meet Busy Hearts
  4. Sin Weighs a Lot
  5. Say “Help” to the Lord
  6. Say “Help” to Other People

Part 2: We Are Needed

  1. Remember: We Have the Spirit
  2. Move toward and Greet One Another
  3. Have Thoughtful Conversations
  4. See the Good, Enjoy One Another
  5. Walk Together, Tell Stories
  6. Have Compassion during Trouble
  7. Pray during Trouble
  8. Be Alert to Satan’s Devices
  9. Prepare to Talk about Sin
  10. Help Fellow Sinners
  11. Keep the Story in View