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Helpful Questions When Dealing With Depression

By Clayton King Not long ago, I received an email from a brother in Christ who was really going through a dark valley of discouragement and depression. He asked for my advice. I really believe the Holy Spirit inspire…
Do You Feel Too Sinful For Grace?

I was a mess. I was ashamed. The summer before my freshman year of high school was, undoubtedly, the best and worst time of my life. Of all places, I found myself at a Christian camp for the last portion of the summ…
Single People Deserve Props, Too

It was a family rule for my brothers and me. We were not allowed to date until we turned sixteen years old. Going from that rule, I have been a bachelor for 7 years now, and I have had plenty of time to watch my friends…
The Problem: Sad Women and Baby Daddies. The Answer: Sexual Stigmas?

by Aaron MG Zimmerman of The Mockingbird Blog In an article that came out yesterday, a columnist mused on a recent study (by two economists at the National Bureau of Economics Research--the most boring club in Cambridge…
Do People Who Commit Suicide Go to Heaven or Hell?

I grew up in a Christian home with Christian values and so the Bible has always been relied on. In the Bible, it says that if people commit suicide then that person will end up going to hell. They have committed murde…
Does the Church Have a Stigma Against Depression?

"O Lord, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you. May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave. I am counted among those …
The Struggle Against Complacency and How I'm Battling It

Guest post submitted by crevis05I was just reading through my journal, and this is something I wrote:My life is about me. Everything I do is to make me feel better about myself, to make me feel like I matter. Even bein…
I Felt Detached and Cynical After a Week of No Spiritual Nourishment

by miss goldenrod Though I did go to church yesterday, once there, I realized I wasn't really at Church. I walked in, picked my pew, glanced through the bulletin, stood for worship...all by rote, and disdainful rote at…
We Forget that Everybody is Broken, Has Secrets, Wounds...

Guest post submitted by wanderer1088This story (please follow the link and read the entry) made me wonder how many people do we see that appear to have it all together. We forget that everybody is broken. Everyone has se…
God Spoke to Me Audibly and Turned My Life Around

Guest post by flying_nutshell When I was thirteen, I suffered from severe depression. I was terribly antisocial and had only two or three friends. Many times I would crawl into my closet and contemplate committing suic…