Marja Bergen

author, mental health advocate, follower of Christ

Category: Day by Day (page 1 of 33)

No need for shame

A LIVING ROOM DEVOTIONAL  As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”  “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. […]

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This message is essential

  The following tells what I’ve been trying to say for a long time but was never able to clearly get it across. I hope this helps the understanding of Living Room’s importance grow: The message of Jesus’s unconditional love is essential for all people who feel rejected by the world. It is the key for emotional healing. Why is it […]

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My podcast – April 28, 9 am

The Heart Behind the Mission Amie (Ah-‘mie) Peacock April 26, 2026 Join us on Tuesday, April 28 and watch Marja’s Story-part 2 on YT I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on what it really looks like to live a life of “Beyond The Conversations.” Our friend Marja Bergen is the living definition of that. Since […]

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Living Room prayer for a suffering world

Photo by Rohingya refugee, Ro Niyamot Ullah HOW LONG, LORD, WILL YOU FORGET THEM? How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Look on […]

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A message for the child in you

Abruptly Jesus broke into prayer: “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do. “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows […]

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Great is Thy faithfulness

A LIVING ROOM DEVOTIONAL I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are […]

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Joining God in his work

A LIVING ROOM DEVOTIONAL So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; […]

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Hope will urge us ever onward

THE LIVING ROOM MESSAGE – THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF JESUS By now, many of you will have heard about my poor health condition. But I want you to know, that though the news is not good: IT ISN’T OVER TILL IT’S OVER. . . . And I still have hope. Why shouldn’t I? As long […]

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Discover peace

  A LIVING ROOM DEVOTIONAL You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3 ESV We hear a lot about finding peace in God. But how can we live in peace in the lives we live today? All of us are longing for it. We […]

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Message of Christ’s Unconditional Love

2026 – 03 -2026 by Marja Bergen What happened to it? Who is offering it today to those who most need to hear it? For years, Jesus and his love were the foundation of Living Room, the ministry that brought spiritual mental health to those suffering from the stigma of mental illness. Founded in2006, it […]

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