Marja Bergen

author, mental health advocate, follower of Christ

Tag: living room (page 9 of 9)

Need for living room support

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  21  (October 28, 2006) Yesterday’s Living Room group was wonderful! I was so pleased with how it went that today I’m riding a high – quite a difference from where I was only two days ago. We had six new people, making a total of ten around the table. After we had […]

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What happened? Living with borderline

  I just finished reading through one of my journals from 2006 and was amazed at what I found. Encouragement and support as I started my Living Room ministry. Accolades. I had many friends. Such joy! I suffered from a lot of depression in the midst of the Living Room work, as well as the […]

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Nonreligious gratitude?

My mental health worker told me that I should keep a gratitude journal, at the end of each day listing all the good things that have happened to me. I told her, “But I already do that. I thank God every day for what He has given me and what He has done for me.” […]

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Living Room – God’s Gift

A long time ago God showed me that something needed to be done to help people with mental illness receive Christ-centered support. I took steps to make it happen by founding Living Room, the faith-based peer support ministry. But I realized that I was – or at least, felt – far too small to build […]

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