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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GOD’S LOVE This photo was one of a series, taken around 36 years ago on behalf of the Burnaby School Board and Burnaby Now Newspaper. Although the boy could only make guttural sounds when he tried to talk, the girl met him where he was and answered him with similar sounds. She was connecting with […]

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EXAMPLE OF SPIRITUAL FOOD for a person who feels rejected by the world When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan […]

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The PDF for this 48 page booklet is now ready to freely download from https://marjabergen.com/books This booklet includes clear suggestions of how friends, and all who care can, through Jesus, help  those who struggle with their mental health, the lonely, and disabled—the many in our day who have not been able to live a full […]

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To those who want to buy Healing the Effects of Stigma and are shocked by the price charged by online sellers. I’m shocked too. If you can hold on, a PDF for the booklet will be available very soon to download free of charge from my website at https://marjabergen.com/books

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REJECTION The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. John 1:9-10 Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.” Mark 4:9 Please let me take you back to the story of Jesus  in the […]

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  A MEANINGFUL JOURNEY  For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11   In past years, I’ve written a great deal of my story, so much of it including painful parts of […]

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NOW AVAILABLE Learning about mental illness does not equip you to give care.  For that, you need to follow Jesus’ example. This 48-page booklet will give you details on how you can do that. The end purpose? To help friends who struggle learn to have a more confident life. A life with meaning. Now released on […]

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HOW CAN YOU HELP? Are you curious about what’s inside Healing the Effects of Stigma but you’re not ready to buy? There are eight sets of pages that will give you ideas of how you can help address the ways your friends with mental challenges might be feeling. Other topics: Are You a Wounded Healer? […]

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  Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians […]

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