by Key Ministry | Dec 31, 2019 | Anxiety Disorders, Mental Health, Spiritual Development
God created us with two empty spaces: our stomach and our heart. He allows us to choose what will fill them. Our choices can be life-giving or life-draining. It’s important to know your EET. Not your EKG or EEG, but your EET—your “Emotional Eating...
by Key Ministry | Dec 26, 2019 | Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health, Special Needs Ministry
I was watching a YouTube recently where the Washington Post did an experiment where they took the most renowned violinist playing some of the greatest classical works in the last three hundred years on a violin that sold for $3.5 million dollars and had him play it in...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Dec 22, 2019 | Advocacy, Mental Health
It was a delight to run into Janet Parshall – a true champion for persons impacted by mental illness in the church – at the White House Summit on Mental Health. I was honored to have been invited this past Thursday to participate in the White House’s Mental Health...
by Hunter and Amberle Brown | Dec 19, 2019 | Depression, Mental Health, Strategies
In 1939, doctors and nurses across Germany were required to report data on patients with disabilities. Among other things, the Reich assessed how often these patients received visits and by whom. Over the next few years, 300,000 people with disabilities disappeared....
by Key Ministry | Dec 17, 2019 | Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health, Trauma
Since 2005, I have served on my church staff to provide clinical mental health counseling services to our congregation and others in our area. Over the years, I have known people who wanted counseling but couldn’t get it, and others who had access to counseling but...
by Key Ministry | Dec 12, 2019 | Mental Health, Spiritual Development, Training Events
I was recently in Portland, Oregon when a stranger approached me for assistance to feed himself and his son. The man said he had been on the streets for days, and people just walked by him without making eye contact, ignoring his existence as a human being. He felt...