Each day our lives are impacted by sin. It could be our own sinful actions and nature, the tragic effects of the earth itself being corrupted (disasters, for example), and the sinful actions of others perpetrated against us. An example of the latter is abusive relationships. I don’t have first-hand experience, neither abusing nor [...]
Tagged Abuse, Domestic Violence, escape, freedomOver the last couple of years I’ve read a number of books on or about depression in different ways. When I could concentrate enough to read. Two books I read early on I’ve mean to write about for some time:Speaking of Sadness
By David A. Karp
Karp is a sociology professor at Boston College. He is not [...]
Rev. Stiegemeyer asked me to come in as a guest writer and write a bit about depression, mental illness and the pastoral office. Welcome to my world.
Clinical depression is one of the fastest growing and most common illnesses in our country. It affects over 19 million Americans, and yet often goes undiagnosed and untreated, [...]
It was my pleasure to introduce a devotion to the deaconess students last night at a fireside chat regarding “The Winter Doldrums,” or more prevalently called [I'm beating a dead blog post here] “Seasonal Affective Disorder.” However, I’ve found many a good resources that discussed the biological causes, risk factors and treatments (mine might [...]
Tagged depression, Martin Luther, Mental Illness, S.A.D.
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