. . . WITH HIS LOVE – Along with the rest of the world I’m deeply distressed about what is happening in the United States—and the whole world. And some of the people who are most being affected are those I care about—people with mental and physical disabilities. They are people who are being cared […]
Read More...HIS LOVE IS FOR ALL His unconditional love is extended to all, and it is this love upon which the Open Door is founded. Everyone is welcome to enjoy it. Followers of Christ should be the first to rejoice in seeing their Lord’s love spread out to all who need it, even to those […]
Read More...At Open Door it is not necessary for participants to accept the divine nature of Jesus as the Son of God. They most need to hear about the man he was 2000 years ago during his ministry on earth. Simply the man who did and said wonderful things—the man who was kind and spent time […]
Read More...WHAT IS IT? Spiritual mental health support had its beginnings in 2006 when I founded the faith-based Living Room peer support ministry. This was at a time when the Christian Church knew very little about mental health and those with symptoms were often made to feel ashamed, told that there was a problem with their […]
Read More...The following piece was written from the perspective of a person needing care. Have you ever needed care in the way this person did? How would you like to have someone like the Samaritan looking after you? Can you imagine how good it would be to have someone like him—someone so much like Jesus—taking care […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM’S OPEN DOOR When we decide to follow Jesus, we are called to be like him. To do what he would do. To say the kinds of things that he would say. To love as he loved. But how could we possibly emulate a person as remarkable as Jesus? Many of us feel inferior […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM’S OPEN DOOR – In his book, Faith and Mental Health, Harold Koenig, M.D. wrote that mental illness could be viewed as a gift. “It can sensitize the emotionally or mentally ill person to the pain and suffering of others, uniquely equipping them with the insight and ability to help.” Through our own needs […]
Read More...One of the most important ways in which people with mental health challenges can be supported is by hearing of the unconditional love of Jesus and of how he values them, despite the way the world might be treating them. Those for whom life is easier, could never understand that message in the same way. […]
Read More...Happy Thanksgiving Day August 2015 Then [Jesus] said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.” Luke 17:19 Luke 17: 11-19 tells the story about ten lepers Jesus healed. He instructed the ten to go and show themselves to the priests. On their way there, they were cleansed. Only one of them, […]
Read More...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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