Covid Controversies
I’ve been getting email about my infrequent comments about the Covid19 pandemic. There is a demand to speak with consistency and clarity that some have found missing from my thinking. I’ll be happy to...
Category: Mental Health
Beauty From Ashes: Mike E.
Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll.” Psalm 40:7 America has been emotionally traumatized by the COVID-19 pandemic, as has the rest of the world....
Pierced By “Patmos”: Survivor Stories “Baxter”
I was born in a cult. My parents left when I was somewhere between 6 and 7 years old. They had found out that the leader had been embezzling funds from the church and...
When Someone Loses The War Against Mental Illness…
Pastor Jarrid Wilson lost his battle with depression Monday. Before he took his own life he posted a series of tweets…including this one. It seems to me that Wilson fought the war against his...
The Importance of Validation: Cash
It’s difficult for some loved ones to give us validation for our mental illness because they don’t want to believe we’re in so much pain that they can’t do anything about. Mental disorders and...
Stereotypes and Mental Illness: Cash
Mentally Ill people are often victims of stigma, which is defined as a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person. Part of that stigma is found in the stereotyping of...
The Golden Rule of Self-Care: Cash
Self-care is vital to mental health and mental health recovery. Self-care can be overlooked when we are suffering from depression or experiencing other mental illness symptoms. Some Christians believe that when Jesus said “deny...
Reckoning With Rumination: Cash
Anxiety and depression often share a particular habit known as rumination. To ruminate means to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly certain thoughts in which you compulsively remind yourself...
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