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...WHY LIVE? For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. (Romans 14:7) Why live?” was the question I had in the subject line of an email I sent someone years ago. I was in a dark place. I had asked the person to remind me why I […]
Read More...On Monday, a massive fire in the Rohingya camp, burnt over 460 shelters to the ground. Hundreds of people lost their homes and everything they had, How extremely painful this must be for these people who have for eight long years lived in this Bangladesh camp—the largest refugee camp in the world. Can you imagine? […]
Read More...A LIVING ROOM DEVOTIONAL July 2020 A Pharisee asked Jesus: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your […]
Read More...OVERCOMING INJUSTICE AND LOW SELF-ESTEEM THROUGH GOD’S PERSPECTIVE Guest blogpost by Sharoon Jamil The Healing Process: Grit, Grace, and God Let’s be honest: healing your confidence is slow work. It’s not just reading a verse and suddenly feeling empowered. It’s: Unlearning the lies you internalized when you were young. Rebuilding your voice after years of […]
Read More...BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS I want to tell you a story about Joshua. When God was preparing him to cross the Jordan River into the land He would give him, He said to him: Have I not commanded you? “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your […]
Read More...Photo by Abdullah Habib LET’S NOT DELAY A Rohingya man in a camp housing over a million refugees prepares breakfast for the vulnerable during Ramadan. The King was asked: “When did we ever see you hungry and feed you, thirsty and give you a drink? And when did we ever see you sick or in […]
Read More...Photo by Ro Miyanot Ullah Dear friends, I feel bad, knowing that I am letting down my personal contacts with the Rohingya refugees by not helping them with the many financial needs they have asked me for—noticing that their contact with me has dropped. They have lost faith in my ability to truly help them. […]
Read More...MENTAL HEALTH AND THE CHURCH It’s wonderful how much work is being done to raise mental health awareness in the Church today. At the beginning of this century there was so much ignorance that individuals with mental health issues were leaving their churches because of the hurt inflicted on them by fellow Christians who told […]
Read More...FAITH-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT Christians and their churches in Canada have been learning about mental health—the various illnesses and how they present themselves in those who live with them. They learn to accept and support the individuals in their church who live with such challenges. They learn how to respond to their needs. But have […]
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