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. …
What Ending Pretending Means to Me
As human beings we have a natural desire to feel like we belong. But one unique struggle that Christians have is the need to appear that we’ve got it all …
Ending Pretending
I learned as a child to PRETEND. Everyone loves a happy girl. No one likes a crybaby. Even when you fall down and hurt yourself, or if someone hurts you, …
Beneath the Surface
We each have a personal testimony of how God has led in our lives. My story is of how I’ve found God to be my brother and closest friend in …