Category: church

  • BipolarBrave Mental Health + Faith Awards Results for 2026

    BipolarBrave Mental Health + Faith Awards Results for 2026

    Happy World Bipolar Day The awards are wrapped! To find out who placed and won, see my Substack post here. As you took the time to visit my blog post, I want to thank you for your support. I still want to keep this blog on my site active, but…

  • Announcing the 5th Annual BipolarBrave Awards 2026

    Announcing the 5th Annual BipolarBrave Awards 2026

    🏆The Vote is Open📮 In the world of church and mental health, there’s a remnant of advocates called to stand up to raise awareness and erase stigma. From Christ-following mental health clinicians to peers with lived experience, pastors to nonprofits, podcasts to broadcasts, these are dedicated servants in God’s kingdom,…

  • BipolarBrave Awards 2025 Results

    BipolarBrave Awards 2025 Results

    The Results Are In Thank you to all who participated and cast a vote in the 2025 BipolarBrave Mental Health + Faith Awards! The response was outstanding, so thank you all who shared and voted! I’m pleased to have put this on for the fourth year to highlight those making…

  • Anxiety and Sin: Stop the Accusations

    Anxiety and Sin: Stop the Accusations

    Anxiety is such a hot topic today. I’m thoroughly vexed over the well-intended remarks that the church throws around in an effort to band-aid those who suffer from their anxious states. This is a HUGE problem. When Is Anxiety a Sin Issue? The first issue that I want to address…

  • Dear Church, Please Don’t Turn a Blind Eye to Mental Illness

    Dear Church, Please Don’t Turn a Blind Eye to Mental Illness

    Dear Church, You’re hurting, and I see you. This is a problem. The pandemic of depression, anxiety, and crippling mental illness will not discriminate. Church, you are in the world, and the world is susceptible to brokenness. You are not immune to a broken spirit or a broken body. It…

  • Love and Light Devotional Series – Day 5

    Love and Light Devotional Series – Day 5

    For the previous days’ devotionals, see this link. Catching On We can challenge the status quo or norms of society through civil man-made attempts to change our culture, and that is good. We can also go behind the scenes and pull some aces from up our sleeves, letting God’s Spirit…

  • Love and Light Devotional Series – Day 4

    Love and Light Devotional Series – Day 4

    This is Day 4 of a 5-day devotional series. For previous devotionals posted, follow this link. Feel the Burn No athlete enjoys the burn of the workout they perform. But there is a good burn to endure if you want to reap the results of your efforts. In the state…

  • Love and Light Devotional Series – Day 3

    Love and Light Devotional Series – Day 3

    For Day 1’s devotional, follow this link. For Day 2’s devotional, follow this link.  This is a devotional series on encouraging love and light in your daily walk with God. This is day three’s devotional on the nature of love being like a fire. Love is a Fire Fire burns,…

  • Love and Light Devotional Series Day 2

    Love and Light Devotional Series Day 2

    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…

  • Love and Light Devotional Series Day 1

    Love and Light Devotional Series Day 1

    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…