Marja Bergen

author, mental health advocate, follower of Christ

Month: December 2018 (page 7 of 15)

Burdening my friends

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  89  (August 5, 2007) “For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” (Matthew 12:34) I’m a letter writer, at times far too much so. When I have an idea, I need to share it. When a Bible verse speaks strongly to me or puzzles me, I need to discuss […]

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Sleep – an act of faith

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  88  (August 4, 2007) Sleep problems was the topic at our last Living Room meeting. Some of the practical solutions to getting to sleep are covered well by many writers. But there is a spiritual angle to this – one I haven’t seen discussed too much anywhere. I read a wonderful book […]

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Dealing with the brink of depression

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  87  (July 28, 2007) When a blogging pal responded with suggestions on how to deal with my feelings of being on the brink of another depression, I did the following: In the afternoon I talked to a dear friend about how I was feeling. Talking to her always makes me feel better. […]

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Living room leadership

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  86  (July 26, 2007) Enough talk about negative, unhappy things. I need to talk about some neat things: things happening with our Living Room support group. We have three members in our group who are keen about facilitating, each with a set of wonderful gifts. I’m excited about that – happy about […]

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Belief in demons still rampant (pt 2) as written in 2007

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  85  (July 21, 2007) I guess I need to continue this discussion, though I’d rather leave it alone. Talking about these things upset me and are not good for my mood. I’d rather talk about positive things. The Bible says: “…whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, […]

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Victory over the darkness (pt 2) as written in 2007

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  84  (July 18, 2007) I finished reading the book and still think it has serious problems and is dangerous for Christians to be reading, especially Christians who want to be supportive of those suffering from depression and other mental illnesses. Neil Anderson spiritualizes everything. In one place he talks about a woman […]

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Victory over the darkness (as written in 2007)

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  83  (July 17, 2007) I will continue talking about Neil Anderson’s The Bondage Breaker when I have finished reading Victory over the Darkness again. I have read over half of this book and actually found a lot of good in it. Anderson describes how by living in the Spirit–living in Christ–we will […]

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Belief in demons still rampant (pt. 1) (as written in 2007)

LIVING ROOM MEMORY  82  (July 16, 2007) A couple of years ago someone tried to help me by giving me Neil Anderson’s Victory Over the Darkness to read. Anderson is probably one of the most popular deliverance ministers today. Many Christians, including some from my own church, look up to him and listen to what […]

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A cracked vase

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  81  (July 14, 2007) Living Room went well yesterday, even if there were only eight participants this time. Many were on holidays or just feeling the summer laziness. We focused on a poem written by one of our members. Briefly, it’s about a cracked vase that is threatening to break but looks […]

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“What I wish my pastor knew about bipolar”

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  80  (July 10, 2007) Yesterday someone googled the above and found my blog. I thought I would write on this to see if I can help by letting this person know roughly what I told my pastor when I first started coming to the church I’m now a happy member of. My […]

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