Just a few days before the depression took over, I agreed to write a book about the kingdom of God. My publisher was glad I’d shaken my fears and started writing again. My working title was Beggar’s Fortune and I hoped it would inspire Christians who’ve only been told what… Read More
How could I sing about a God I wasn’t consistently sure existed, a God I was angry at and felt abandoned by? How could I talk about the power of hope over poverty when I felt so hopeless and poor? So I canceled my gigs at LifeFest and in Fort… Read More
Jesus didn’t float out of his tomb. He walked. He didn’t ascend through the clouds as a disembodied spirit either. And he won’t come back as one. And this is all really good stuff to remember when you’re depressed or trying to help someone who is. I’ll try to explain… Read More
Oswald Chambers, author of the classic My Utmost For His Highest, is the spiritual hero of thousands if not millions of Christians worldwide. But few people know he languished in depression for years before writing his masterpiece. When the darkness ended, he wrote: “For four years, nothing but the overruling… Read More
Remember those days when you learned something new about each other every time you talked? No one tells you this when you’re dating or at the reception after the wedding, but that ends – or it slows down as the years together accumulate. You may go months or even years… Read More
I felt it coming. I called my parents a few months ago and asked them to pray. My marriage was good, kids were healthy, work was steady, finances in surplus. But – and I know how this must sound – I felt like something was coming after us. “Or I’m… Read More
Shaun Groves