Marja Bergen

author, mental health advocate, follower of Christ

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Where have our voices gone?

STIGMA – My book, ONE SUCH AS ME? describes how I spoke extensively to Christians about how individuals with mental health problems need the support of those who know God’s love. I helped them understand the importance of sharing his love with those who were being rejected by the world. The story I tell in […]

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Jesus said . . .

“FEED MY SHEEP” Think you have read this before? Yes, the first half you did, not too long ago. But read further down, about half way and you will find the real reason for my posting this. There’s something there that I believe some of you would find interesting –  something that some of you […]

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Such pain, never forgotten

ONE SUCH AS ME? Not too long ago, when I decided to shut the door on my painful past, I said that I would only talk about the good parts of my story. And I did that—told it as fully as I could. It felt good to remember that I had done all I could […]

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Problems ordering my book?

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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My book – ready to order

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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Almost ready . . .

ONE SUCH AS ME? – In my book ONE SUCH AS ME? I quote Philip Yancey, one of my favorite authors, when he said, “For a writer, nothing really counts in life until you put it on paper.”  And that’s so very true for me too. I also wrote, “There are very few things that […]

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Make life happen

BORED? September 2018 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.  For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. […]

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Rebuilding that which was lost

They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.” Nehemiah 1:3 What happens when you’ve been away for awhile and return only to find that everything you once […]

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Alcoholics Anonymous and Living Room

CREATING A MOVEMENT When I was in the process of starting up the Living Room support ministry for people with mental health challenges, my psychiatrist at the time became quite enthused. He often told me how what I was doing was very much like how Alcoholics Anonymous had started. This doctor was so eager to […]

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Message from prison – reflecting

CHRIST’S MESSAGE And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News. For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that I am in chains because of Christ. And because of my imprisonment, most of the believers here have […]

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