Brueggemann articulates rightly of American Christianity that “serious religious use of the lament psalms has been minimal because we have believed that faith does not mean to acknowledge or embrace negativity [1].” This, as Lutherans, we know all too well; that a de-emphasis on reality and over-emphasis on happiness, praise, and blessings sometimes skews [...]
Also tagged Psalms of Lament, scriptureOver 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 [...]
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 [...]
Also tagged Martin Luther, Mental Illness, S.A.D.http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/seasonal-affective-disorder/DS00195
S.A.D. (Seasonal Affect Disorder) is a pervasive issue (meanwhile, not technically a diagnosable psychiatric condition) around the holidays and winter season, especially in the northern regions of the U.S., where the the icy, cloudy, dismal weather brings in those exact kinds of moods.
The above article is pretty thorough in defining it, the causes, symptoms, [...]
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