Drawn to the Light

“Carroll Arkema’s courageous meditations draw from empathy and introspection refined over a lifetime as a pastoral psychotherapist to demonstrate firsthand that words create our worlds. Discovering traces of transcendence in the convolutions of his own soul at every stage of life, from boyhood abuse and father hunger to facing the abyss in older adulthood, Arkema inspires hope that our lives too are ensconced in divine love.”


—Robert C. Dykstra, Professor of Pastoral Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary





“A marvelous collection of life’s living shards, exquisite stages of transformation in everyday experience, and a real treat for a pastoral counselor. I found myself reflecting on the life I have lived and the lives shared with me stored away in my soul offering new life in the remembering.”


—William J. Manseau, President, The Emmaus Institute, Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire