Educating Ourselves About Abuse
Abuse can come in many forms. Often we are only familiar with the most egregious cases of physical or sexual abuse. However, according to the “East Riding Safeguarding Adults Board:” …
Purple Chrysanthemums
I planted purple chrysanthemums in my yard this fall. It was an act of defiance. Because ever since I was 15, just the sight of them made me bristle with …
Facing the Pain
When it’s a rainy gray day and you are feeling down do you ever get the urge to pull out the ice-cream and turn on a TV show? Or if …
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 …