Marja Bergen

author, mental health advocate, follower of Christ

Month: August 2024

Imagine – being with Jesus

AT A TIME OF GRIEF – I wrote this at a time I had just left my previous church—the place where I had grown so deeply, the place where I had birthed and led Living Room. I wasn’t sure what happened—will probably never exactly know why I was so badly treated there. But Jesus stayed […]

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Nothing is impossible

REVIVING LIVING ROOM Jesus said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26) Have you ever invented something that has never existed before? Perhaps even drawing it up on paper or making a prototype? But maybe you thought it would be impossible to make it a reality, though you did […]

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The living room movement

REVIVAL – In February 2009, I emailed my pastor. I quoted some of it in my book, at one point telling him how I had talked with a couple of influential people about the future of Living Room: “We talked about Living Room’s similarities to how AA developed. I think there’s much we can learn […]

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Where have our voices gone?

STIGMA – My book, ONE SUCH AS ME? describes how I spoke extensively to Christians about how individuals with mental health problems need the support of those who know God’s love. I helped them understand the importance of sharing his love with those who were being rejected by the world. The story I tell in […]

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Jesus said . . .

“FEED MY SHEEP” Think you have read this before? Yes, the first half you did, not too long ago. But read further down, about half way and you will find the real reason for my posting this. There’s something there that I believe some of you would find interesting –  something that some of you […]

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Such pain, never forgotten

ONE SUCH AS ME? Not too long ago, when I decided to shut the door on my painful past, I said that I would only talk about the good parts of my story. And I did that—told it as fully as I could. It felt good to remember that I had done all I could […]

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Problems ordering my book?

ONE SUCH AS ME? I’ve been told by someone trying to order my new book off my book page that it looks like you have to pay using PayPal. But it only looks like that!! The cart page is hosted by PayPal, not by me or my website. And you do not have to have […]

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My book – ready to order

ORDER TODAY ONE SUCH AS ME? is the story of a person with bipolar disorder who was called by God to start a Christian mental health ministry called Living Room. This ministry became a wide spread movement within two or three years of its founding. How did that happen so very quickly? Why was it […]

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