When Darkness Falls: Finding Hope and Healing in the Shadows of Depression

Carolyn Kazmierczak

CLC Publications, Jan 13, 2026 - Psychology - 128 pages

Carolyn Kazmierczak knows what it feels like to cry out to God in silence, to walk through each day feeling invisible, hollow, and exhausted--but still desperate for meaning. In When Darkness Falls, she invites you into her honest and redemptive journey through decades of clinical depression as a believer in Christ. With raw vulnerability, biblical insight, and encouragement grounded in Scripture, she explores the emotional and spiritual questions that so many silently carry

About the author

Carolyn L. Kazmierczak is a freelance writer for Christian magazines. Her short stories and articles have appeared in Lifeway's Mature Living, Home Life, and Open Windows. She has also written for, Today's Christian Living, The War Cry, and Guideposts. She is a Sunday school teacher to a ladies class at her church in east Texas, wife to Greg, mother, and grandmother to four precious grandsons. In keeping with her desire to help Christian women living with depression, she has recently been certified as a mental health coach through Light University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: When Darkness Falls: Finding Hope and Healing in the Shadows of Depression
• Author: Carolyn Kazmierczak
• Publisher: CLC Publications, 2026
• ISBN: 161958414X, 9781619584143
• Length: 128 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Mental Health; Religion / Christian Living / Personal Growth; Religion / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth; Religion / Counseling