I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14 It was 1983. I was 21 years old. I had just quit my laborer’s job after a semester of unbridled addiction. I had plunged into a major depression and I spent the entire summer […]
Stigma
Christ Above the Powers
“God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. […]
Katie and Zach were Beautiful
My friends, Ed and Jeff have lost a daughter and a son to suicide. Ed’s daughter, Katie battled bi-polar disorder. Jeff’s son Zach suffered with severe mental illness. Katie was 29 when she died. Zach was 43. Like so many of our family members who suffer, most people don’t have a clue about the extent […]
A Letter to the Church About Mental Illness
Dear Church, Here are some ways you can open your doors wider and welcome people with mental illness. Some aren’t super hard. Some are. (But, I’m here to cheer you on). Give them a try? Tell me about it? 1. Preach about it: Include people with mental illness in sermon illustrations and stories. And, (please!) […]
Finding Hope in the Aftermath…Again
“White supremacy is not a mental illness. This week alone, 34 people are dead, and 67 more are wounded because white men full of hatred shot up innocent people in public places. We live in a country where the government sanctions mass shootings by refusing to limit access to guns and blaming mental illness when […]
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