For 75 years, May has been observed as Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s important to me to recognize that believing in God is no “get out of jail free” card for anyone struggling with mental health. And at some point in our lives, all of us will suffer to some degree. Every single person you […]
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To My Pastor Friend in Pain, Galatians 6:2 – Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Every pastor I know has wounds. I’m going to openly talk about five of mine. You have wounds too. Do you know what they are? If we are honest, we don’t
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It occurred to me while writing Letters to my Friends in Pain that movies have something that books don’t. Soundtracks. It’s part of what helps us connect so powerfully with movies. The combination of story and music can move the soul in almost unexplainable ways. What is the best movie soundtrack? We’ll leave that for
This week, I had a non-churched friend who said, “I think I need your book.” He has asked me about it before and knows that it is a book for people in pain that centers around belief in Jesus. His circumstances have become too painful, and he is looking for help and hope. If you’ve
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