by Terry_Powell | Dec 7, 2020 | Depression and Faith |
How I Learned An Outrageously Encouraging Perspective on Failure If failure is a good teacher, I had a golden learning opportunity the week of my older son’s seventh birthday. The incident occurred 39 years ago, but the details are etched forever in my memory....
by Terry_Powell | Dec 2, 2020 | Depression and Faith
A True Story of Caregiving for a Husband with Chronic Pain Debbie Smith received the phone call that no one wants to get. Her husband, Mark, had been in an auto crash. The other driver, going 60 miles per hour, had abruptly veered into Mark’s lane, ramming the...
by Terry_Powell | Nov 21, 2020 | Depression and Faith
The recent presidential election in the U. S. was the most polarizing one in history. Strong feelings erupted from people on both sides of the political aisle. Each of us probably holds deep convictions concerning the platform of each major party. But let’s sit...
by Terry_Powell | Nov 17, 2020 | Depression and Faith |
What if I could write only one blog on handling depression, or give just one 15-minute talk on the subject….what would I write or say? Since childhood, I’ve experienced descents into emotional darkness and despair. In His providence, God hasn’t...
by Terry_Powell | Oct 21, 2020 | Depression and Faith |
A melancholy, fragile temperament. Plagued by morbid introspection, often unable to apply the grace of God that he shared with others to himself. An unusually strong strain of weakness and depression in his family that was later traced over a span of two...
