“For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord; I sing for joy at what your hands have done.” (Psalm 92:4 NIV) During our…
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Learning to Wait in the Depths of Depression, Part 3 of 4
“You’re married to the pastor, what do you have to be depressed about?” Nobody has ever said this to me but I can imagine it…
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It is fall! This is the time temperatures cool down to a lovely temperature that requires jeans, sweatshirts, and a fire in the fireplace. These…
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My healing from the destructive nature of depression was not an immediate one. It is not something you can put a patch on or rewrite…
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11 For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this…
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My story of depression begins at the age of 19. I had entered my freshmen year of Bible college grieving the loss of my baby…
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Sometimes life just goes on day after day, always the same. As an introvert and perfectionist, normal days that go by without any disruption are…
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If I could go back twenty years to when my husband and I stood on the precipice of ministry in that tiny four-corner village, what…
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About a decade ago, I read a book that encouraged and grounded me as a new church-planting Pastor’s wife serving in an isolated context. The…
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We want to serve God, and we want to enjoy doing it. After all, Psalm 100:1-2 says, “Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the…
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