by Terry_Powell | Apr 19, 2024 | Depression and Faith |
Are you a layperson who’s consistently involved in various venues of service for the Lord? Are you a vocational Christian worker? A pastoral staff member, missionary, counselor or parachurch staffer? As you engage in your spheres of service, do you sometimes...
by Terry_Powell | Apr 5, 2024 | Depression and Faith
A Story In 2014, in a large public venue, I gave a testimony of how my faith in Christ sustains me through recurring bouts of depression. After pinpointing symptoms through a series of anecdotes covering a two-decade span, I illustrated how three primary means of...
by Terry_Powell | Mar 13, 2024 | Depression and Faith |
Reflections on Then…and Now How has your thinking about life, relationships and ministry changed over the years? If you’re like me, you wish that your current viewpoints on things would have crystallized when you were younger, when there was more time left...
by Terry_Powell | Mar 7, 2024 | Depression and Faith |
In our English usage, the word “sympathy” carries negative connotations. Many folks equate sympathy with pity, with feeling sorry for people who suffer, yet without involving ourselves in their lives or trying to assist them in some manner. We view a...
by Terry_Powell | Feb 22, 2024 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Depression and Faith |
Nick Challies attended Boyce College in Kentucky to begin his training for vocational Christian ministry. On November 3, 2020, while playing a game with his sister, fiancee and other students, he suddenly collapsed and never regained consciousness. His dad,...