by Terry_Powell | Oct 29, 2015 | Christian Living in the Trenches
Turnabout is fair play, especially when I’m involved.My previous post cited “Four Things I’d Do Differently” as I looked back over the decades of my life. Here are four things I’ve done right in life or ministry. 1. I’ve worked at being creative with gifts I’ve given...
by Terry_Powell | Oct 12, 2015 | Christian Living in the Trenches
I’m not trying to browbeat myself through this post. The good Lord knows I’ve done too much of that in my lifetime. As a vocational Christian leader, husband, and father, I’ve done some things well and right. But now that I’m 66, I’m...
by Terry_Powell | Sep 26, 2015 | All |
Last in a series on depression and faithIn this series of posts, I’ve zeroed in on emotional pain, and reconciling struggles with faith in a loving God. But not even a melancholy person like me feels gloomy all the time. No, sometimes God provides a serendipitous...
by Terry_Powell | Sep 24, 2015 | All
Eighth in a series on depression and faith For years I begged the Lord to heal me of chronic depression. The initial benefit of anti-depressants had waned. Counseling hadn’t alleviated my burden. And God’s response to my pleading was silence. I recall...
by Terry_Powell | Sep 21, 2015 | All |
Seventh in a series on depression and faith The depression in my spirit mimicked the weather that day: dark clouds and falling rain. A heavy sadness spawned a flow of tears almost as constant as the rain. The pain was relentless: an emotional ache analogous to a raw...
