Photo by Ro Niyamot Ullah WE WERE NOT BORN TO BE REFUGEES FOREVER Mohammed Riaz, Rohingya Human Rights Defender and Researcher and OMLAS Fellow 2025 For most people, home is a place they return to at the end of the day. It is where memories are made, families grow, and children dream about their […]
Read More...HOW LONG, O LORD, WILL YOU FORGET ME? Psalm 13 was one of my favorites at those times when I was struggling in a huge way with depression. Depression to that extent does not happen too much anymore for me. But grief gets me down today, making me feel sorrow for the many terrible things […]
Read More...SPIRITUAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT – Some of you will remember the work I carried out in Canada between the years 2000 and 2014, fighting the stigma of mental illness. You might remember the #LivingRoom faith-based ministry that was developing at that time. I started this ministry as a follower of Christ who was herself […]
Read More...THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST’S HEALING POWER Have you ever wondered how God can help us heal and help us cope with pain—emotional and otherwise? For years I suffered from debilitating traumatic memories. But ever since I started receiving support from a very special person, I began to feel much more at peace. And I wondered, […]
Read More...JESUS WAS TOO. . . HE MADE A WHIP OUT OF CORDS When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So, he made a whip out of cords, and […]
Read More...I am grateful to Mental Health Innovation Network (MHIN) for giving me and others with Lived Experience opportunities to tell our stories to help celebrate World Mental Health day on October 10th. https://www.mhinnovation.net/collaborations/lived-experience-stories In part: “My life as a person with bipolar disorder began in 1965 when I spent nine months in a mental hospital. […]
Read More...Photo by Ro Niyamot Ullah NEVER TO SURRENDER by Sirajul Islam I am a tenacious revolutionary, championing freedom for my life, for my marginalized community. None dares deter my journey, I shall persist in my daring quest As long as I breathe A multitude of trials surround me, I’m hurt more than I can explain, […]
Read More...JESUS AND HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE LIVING ROOM Perhaps the problem with helping non-Christians understand and accept the love of Jesus, is because He is thought of in terms too narrow for people to be able make a part of their traditional faith. In the work I’m doing, I try to make the Living Room spiritual […]
Read More...A LIVINGROOM DEVOTIONAL Since 2006 I have worked on behalf of individuals who live with mental health challenges. The loss of Living Room in 2018 has meant that Christians are learning ABOUT what mental health challenges are, but the voices of those who EXPERIENCE it have disappeared, along with their groups. We are talked “about,” […]
Read More...LIVINGROOM SPIRITUAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT HE TURNED THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN WITH HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE Along with the rest of the world I’m deeply distressed about what is happening in the world today. And some of the people who are most being affected are those I care about—people who have suffered rejection. For some of […]
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