Category: church
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Sarah Robinson Guest Posts: This Is How To Break The Ice On Mental Illness In The Church
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I read Sarah’s recent article in Relevant Magazine and reached out to her to collaborate, and she graciously obliged. My next post will be a link to my piece on her blog about how to serve others who have mental illness in the church. We were crammed like sardines into…
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Signs and Wonders: Severe Mental Illness and The Prosperity Gospel
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“God has already placed His healing power within us, and it is now under our authority. It isn’t up to God to determine who receives healing; it’s up to us!“ Ever hear something like that statement before? What about: “It’s our failure to understand and use the authority we…
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The Church’s Best Response To Mental Illness
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Mental illness can be so gray. Thinking about it, there’s a mental disorder diagnosis for almost everything and anything. Of course, not everyone has a clinical, diagnosable condition. With mental illness being so rampant and the church’s response being so silent, here are a few pointers I want to bring…
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10 Lies the Church Believes about Mental Illness
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It’s been 13 years since my first hospitalization and five since the last. Both times, part of what sent me into the tailspin of mental illness were misunderstandings and false information. In our journey with this illness, my family has been misled by lies we were told, or truths withheld.…
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Interview with Author & Speaker Amy Simpson
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Introduction Amy, tell me about yourself… Right now I’m self-employed, so what is my position? It depends on the day. I’m a coach, so about half my time is coaching the other is writing/speaking…I have a couple books out and I have another coming out in February and I do…
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Fresh Thought Friday: Church Resources
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Dear Katie: Sometimes those struggling with mental illnesses come to me and my staff for help, but we don’t have resources to direct them to. What can we do as pastors and church leadership to appropriately help these emotionally and mentally unstable members of our church? Where would we begin?…
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Mental Health And The Church: An Interview With My Pastor
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Where does mental health fit in the gospel mission? Amazingly enough, there were characters in the Bible that had bouts of depression. Moses, Naomi, Hagar, David, Saul, Elijah, Hannah, Nehemiah, Solomon, Job, Judas, Paul, Jeremiah and John the Baptist. Being a believer and follower of Christ doesn’t exempt a person from…