by Brandon Appelhans | Dec 13, 2018 | Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Mental Health
Working with mental health and the church, there is so much work to do that sometimes it feels like we need to do and be everything. We need to help every person. We need to make things better. We need to support. But sometimes we can’t. Over the years, I...
by Brandon Appelhans | Aug 23, 2018 | Depression
When I was in seminary, I took a grand total of one class with any regard to mental health. In that class, the professor gave really sound advice about mental health issues, “These are medical issues. Don’t get in over your head. Get the professionals involved right...
by Catherine Boyle | May 8, 2018 | Anxiety Disorders, Care and Support, Depression, Mental Health
It is far too easy to gloss over are the very real struggles that the people in the Bible endured. Though the ancients did not use words like depression and anxiety, it is obvious the writers knew about these conditions.In Ecclesiastes 1:17-20, the writer says he...
by Key Ministry | Feb 13, 2018 | Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health, Spiritual Development
At some point, as it has for many of us, life confronted you with the devastating truth that it was not going to live up to your visions and dreams. You had plans for the way your daily life would look, expectations of what your church life would be, and assumptions...
by Gillian Marchenko | Aug 29, 2017 | Depression
Depression has been defined as the loss of hope. For a lot of us battling this illness, hope simply doesn’t exist. The future can be daunting when another painfully numb day looms ahead. Through my years of therapy for depression, I’ve acquired some strategies that...
by Gillian Marchenko | Jul 2, 2017 | Depression, Key Ministry, Mental Health
It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers. (1 Kings: 19:4 )“Will you speak with a visitor named Jean?” my husband asks at church. “I think she’s depressed.”I’m confused. How can he suspect depression after one conversation?Of...
