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Love and Light Devotional Series Day 2
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For Day 1’s content, follow this link. This is a devotional series on encouraging love and light in your daily walk with God. This is day two’s devotional on fanning the flame of your faith to a greater fire. Fan the Flame God’s power manifests through fuel (His Word) and…
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Love and Light Devotional Series Day 1
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It Starts with a Spark Damp, quenched wicks cannot light. It takes a dry thread or filament to catch the flame of a lit match. In the same way, our spirits ignite with immediate heat and light that starts from supernatural spiritual re-birth into eternity. God’s Spirit is an all-consuming…
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Serious About Serious Series: What Every First Responder Should Know About Serious Mental Illness
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Here’s the third post in this series about Serious Mental Illness. In this post, I want to address Serious Mental Illness (SMI) in the context of first responders. For the first two posts on this subject, see those concerning Pastors and Mental Health Providers. For First Responders, the critical…
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Serious About Serious Series: What Every Mental Health Provider Should Know About Serious Mental Illness
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This is the second of a series of posts on Serious Mental Illness, “Serious About Serious Series: What Every ____ Should Know About Serious Mental Illness”. In case you missed it, here’s the link to my first post on What Every Pastor Should Know About Serious Mental Illness. Herein, I…
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Serious About Serious Series: What Every Pastor Should Know About Serious Mental Illness
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Here’s the first of a series of posts on Serious Mental Illness, “Serious About Serious Series: What Every ____ Should Know About Serious Mental Illness”. I’m going to publish these posts in this series as best and as accurately as possible because this is such a misunderstood subject. In this…
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2nd Annual BipolarBrave Awards 2023 Winners Announced
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The results for the 2nd Annual BipolarBrave Mental Health & Faith Awards for 2023 are in. The contenders were strong in their respective categories: blog, influencer, organization, and new to 2023, broadcast. For nominees to qualify, they needed to aim for the guidelines set out in the nominations post. Congratulations…
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A Biblical Response to Mental Illness
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Today on the BipolarBrave blog, my friend and fellow writer, Bethany Marinelli, guest posts about how she responds to cliché answers and platitudes from the church as a Christian with bipolar disorder. I am so grateful for her friendship. We met at the Florida Christian Writers Conference in 2021, where…
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4 Common Reasons Why You’re Depressed (and How to Feel Better)
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Contrary to popular belief, suicide rates spike in the light of Spring, not the darkness of Winter. Did You Know That Depression in the United States… Affects over 18 million adults (one in ten) in any given year. Is the leading cause of disability for ages 15-44. Is the primary…
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Playing Church No More
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You may think like I erroneously did, that God hasn’t been at work very much in the church, particularly the American church. But as a fellow American Christian, I’m encouraged that I’m not the only one who is done “playing church”. We ought to continue our faithful relationship with our…
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Who Has Made a Difference in the World of Mental Health & Faith?
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Who has made a difference for you in your life, because of their ability to relate to the church and mental illness? Who has brought major impact, influence, change to the conversation around faith in Christ and mental health awareness? Nominate your BipolarBrave candidate you feel has met the following…