Addiction and God’s Good Graces
Grace has many faces. Basically it is experienced as an unearned or undeserved act of loving kindness. If I neglect my wife and yet she returns my thoughtlessness with an …
Addiction: Quick Facts
What comes to mind when I say “addiction”? Perhaps you picture a sad looking disheveled addict as you might see pictured in a “say no to drugs” campaign or perhaps …
Out of the Depths
“Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.” — Psalm 130:1 I can remember reading this one night as I struggled with the overwhelming darkness that seemed …
Overcoming Anxiety
According the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders volume 5 otherwise known as DSM 5 there are 9 mental disorders under the anxiety category. Separation Anxiety Disorder Selective Mutism …
Lessons I have Learned while Battling Anxiety as a Christian
My decision to be re-baptized is a decision that I never regret. I will never forget the inner peace I felt as I came up from the water after making …
Depression and Scripture Part 2
Adventist medical doctor Neil Nedley is president of the Weimar Center of Health and Education. He developed the Nedley Depression Recovery Program that emphasizes practicing the health principles found in …
Depression and Scripture
If we look at 1 Kings 19: 4 and Job 3: 11, 20, 21, 24-26 and Psalm 38: 6,8,10 and Lamentations 3: 17,18 and Mark 14: 33,34, we have to …
Baby Blues Clues
This year we will be celebrating our oldest son’s 16th birthday. I can’t believe it’s just a few months away. He’s already talking about taking his driving lessons this summer. …
When Life Feels Too Hard to Handle
The way I see it, when life feels too hard to handle, you have five options: Give up and die Numb the pain with addictions or obsessions Take medication Seek …
I Thought I Could Never Tell. I Was Wrong.
I can never tell, I thought, sitting in a mental ward at nineteen years old. I can’t tell others that I attempted suicide, that I dropped out of college. …