Written from a personal, Christian perspective, Fighting and Beating Depression is designed to be an easy and quick read for those who have ongoing battles with depression and their loved ones as well as for those who work in ministry to them. The book is hands-on and practical, written from the perspective of both one who has had to battle depression, is educated in the sciences, and who has for over four decades helped many others struggling with this oppressive emotional illness. It offers the strategies and solutions needed to learn to live above and beyond depression rather than from under its constant weight. It will help draw out sufferers to take the steps to get help and to get better. It offers real hope. It is candid and conversational and is a book any average reader can read in just a few hours. It is an excellent book to give to depressed individuals to read and to have available in bookstores as well as personal and public libraries.