Anxiety – Red Letter Christians

There Is Only Us, an Excerpt of “Loving the Hell out of Ourselves”

October 24, 2022

Church Life, Family and Parenting, Theology, Women

My therapist suggested that I let my feelings out in a controlled environment that was safe. So instead of driving too fast or eating the entire carton of ice cream, or taking a baseball bat and—well, never min...

Who Has Your Trousers? Keeping Company in the Darkness

Diana Gruver

January 12, 2021

Books, Church Life, Family and Parenting

I’ve spent time over the last few years researching people in church history who struggled with depression, but intertwined with their stories are those of their friends and family members who kept company with them in the dark.

Oh God, Where Are You Now?

Esther Sparks

December 22, 2020

Art, General, Global

If you’re on any kind of a spiritual journey, there inevitably comes a day when all the usual “lights” go out.

Churches Don’t Need Unflappable CEOs. They Need Non-Anxious Parents.

Eric Minton

July 17, 2019

Church Life, Family and Parenting, General

But we will go through it, even if there are more tears.

Stepping into the Light: Christians & Mental Illness

Lily Dunn

February 11, 2019

Church Life, General, Theology

None of the churches I have attended in my life ever denounced mental illness as fake or as a spiritual sin.

Living with Terror

Elrena Evans

September 30, 2018

Family and Parenting, General, Peace & Nonviolence

With God's help, I refuse to be colonized.

Millennials + Minimalism…Hold on, It’s Not What You Think

Eric Minton

May 31, 2017

Church Life, General, Theology

When the flood waters of my existential anxiety about what my life is supposed to be about recede, so will the usefulness of all the things I clung to in order to survive the storm of my uncertainty.