by Terry_Powell | Jan 10, 2023 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Depression and Faith
He knew the ice! Allow me to back up and describe the context for that remark. Fear Sabotaged Fun A church asked me to speak at a winter retreat for the youth group, held at a camp in northern Wisconsin. As my wife and I arrived, I thought we were entering the...
by Terry_Powell | Nov 17, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Depression and Faith
In 2013, as I wrote the first draft of the final chapter of a book titled Serve Strong: Biblical Encouragement to Sustain God’s Servants, despair overwhelmed me. That week, a severe depressive episode enveloped me. My soul ached, and I couldn’t identify an...
by Terry_Powell | Nov 10, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Depression and Faith
How To Tell When There’s An Infection In Your Heart When a young child acts cranky or listless, his or her mom normally pops a thermometer into the kid’s mouth or scans the child’s forehead with a device that reveals the body’s temperature. If the...
by Terry_Powell | Oct 20, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Depression and Faith |
Nothing is more comforting than the gospel of Jesus Christ. According to several respected authors, the key to enjoying and celebrating that gospel is preaching it to ourselves. Preaching the gospel to ourselves is a spiritual discipline that is both proactive and...
by Terry_Powell | Sep 5, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Devotionals, Relationships
Why is the proliferation of divorce in our culture a threat to marriage commitment between a new bride and groom? I answer that question in today’s post. From Terry Years ago, I posted the poem I wrote for my son’s wedding on my blog, but I didn’t...
by Terry_Powell | Aug 14, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Church Leadership and Ministry
Please pray that you don’t become too familiar with the word around which I am framing this post. There is a kind of darkness far worse than major depression. “Oh Lord, use my reflections on this one alarming word to keep us out of that darkness.”...
