HEALING I’m very grateful to Light Magazine for publishing my article, Following a Radical Jesus: Addressing the Effects of Stigma. I hope you will have some time to read it. You might be moved to ask, “But what does it all mean to me as a follower of Christ?” To answer questions this article might […]
Read More...FAITH Part 6 of my story “. . . We’re all different and the way in which we need God in our life will differ somewhat from the needs others might have.” Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3 Around […]
Read More...My mother-in-law, Selma Bergen, caring for her ailing husband, Cornelius, in 1988. CAREGIVING . . . a Samaritan, as he traveled, came to where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man […]
Read More...A POSITIVE SELF-IMAGE Part 4 of my story I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 I will now continue my story–a story that I hope will inspire you to know that it’s possible to build a confident life, despite struggles. We left off at the story about my […]
Read More...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 […]
Read More...A RADICAL JESUS Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them. Matthew 4:23-24 […]
Read More...Part 3 of my story But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care […]
Read More...Part 2 of my story I woke up in a ward with many empty beds. I was the only one there. Looking at the chart on the nightstand, I found out I was at Crease Clinic. This place had a bad reputation. In fact, it was the object of many cruel jokes. I pulled the […]
Read More...Part 1 of my story As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” So the man went […]
Read More...ITS GREAT FLAW Much Is being done to teach would-be supporters about various forms of mental health challenges. Yet I see a great problem with this. To put the primary focus on people’s mental health needs is to take away from seeing them as the people they are—people just like you and me. Those […]
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