mental health – Red Letter Christians

Who Has Your Trousers? Keeping Company in the Darkness

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.

Reaching out in a Time of Isolation

Bob Ekblad

March 25, 2020

Church Life, General, Practical Justice

The homeless, those struggling with mental health disorders, and addictions, and others in active recovery are especially vulnerable to COVID-19.

In Living Kindness

Heather Lundy

January 13, 2020

General, Theology

When our psychology, theology, and economics are out-of-balance, we are in chaos.

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.

We Are Not Meant to Be Silent

Whitney Leigh Carlson

October 26, 2018

Books, General, Practical Justice, Race, Theology

God has given us a voice to share truth and to speak love into a world where injustice is rampant.

Man Enough to Ask for Help

Romal J. Tune

October 10, 2018

Church Life, Theology

I am grateful that I didn’t take the “just pray about it” approach to dealing with real emotional pain and trauma.

Responding to Suicide with Faith

Rachael Keefe

August 31, 2018

Church Life, General, LGBTQ+, Theology

If we remain stuck in biblical literalism, more people will die.

Calling All #SoulsToEnroll: Health Care for All

Brian McLaren

November 13, 2017

Church Life, General, Interfaith, Politics, Practical Justice

Religious leaders like me know something that our politicians don’t. We minister to the sick, the dying, and their families.

Who Has Your Trousers? Keeping Company in the Darkness

Reaching out in a Time of Isolation

In Living Kindness

Stepping into the Light: Christians & Mental Illness

We Are Not Meant to Be Silent

Man Enough to Ask for Help

Responding to Suicide with Faith

Calling All #SoulsToEnroll: Health Care for All

The NRA’s Thoughts & Prayers

June 17th, 2015 ( Excerpt from For such a Time as This: Hope and Forgiveness after the Charleston Massacre”)

Image: A Lament for George Floyd

Slow To Speak and Quick To Listen (An Excerpt From The Race-Wise Family)

Why #IStandWithJemar & Hope You Will Too

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