Here’s part seven of the series on depression. Written long ago, I hope it helps someone struggling today. A few days before the depression began I was working on a book. Writing brings out insecurity in me like nothing else does. But on that day I was unusually unafraid of… Read More
Another essay on depression written long ago. So many patients (and their doctors) believe they will always be depressed – so they stop fighting. Depression is not a lifelong illness for everyone, or even most. So fight back. Here’s part six… How could I sing about a God I wasn’t… Read More
Continuing to repost essays I wrote long ago about depression – for those struggling this Winter or loving someone who is. Here’s part five… Jesus didn’t float out of his tomb as a disembodied spirit. And he won’t come back as one. And this is all really good stuff to… Read More
Oswald Chambers, author of the classic My Utmost For His Highest, been the spiritual hero to millions of Christians worldwide. But most of them don’t know he languished in depression for years before writing his masterpiece. When the darkness ended, he wrote: “For four years, nothing but the overruling grace… Read More
I’m continuing to repost essays I wrote long ago about how God and friends and family brought me through a time of depression. If you’re struggling with depression right now I hope it helps you feel less alone, less ashamed and gives you some practical tools to use in your… Read More
Several friends and friends of friends are in the thick of it right now. Swallowed up by depression, anxiety or both. Tis the season. So I’m reposting a series of essays I wrote in August of 2009 about my own struggle with depression and how God and the people who… Read More
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