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Pastor Bryan Lowe
I truly love Jesus, who saved me from destruction. I am His, completely and totally. I have deep issues, but these only enhance His love for me.
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Category Archives: medications
Mental Hospital Blues
I must tell the truth. I have been in a hospital for my mental illness. Actually seven times. And each time was bitter, but I learned something. They would take me of shoelaces, and belts, and fingernail clippers. Basically, I was stripped of … Continue reading
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Are You Depressed, Or Just Human?
Depression can be devastating. Its worst form, major depressive disorder, is marked by all-encompassing low mood, thoughts of worthlessness, isolation, and loss of interest or pleasure in most or all activities. But this clinical description misses the deep, experiential horror … Continue reading
Five Rings to Make Us
“For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.” Zephaniah 3:17, NLT … Continue reading
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How Does Your Church See Mental Illness?
by Ken Camp, Associated Baptist Press — Living with depression — or any other form of mental illness — is like viewing life “through a glass darkly,” according to Jessy Grondin, a student in Vanderbilt University’s Divinity School. “It distorts … Continue reading
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The Story of Kyrie Eleison and My Mental Breakdown
Ten years ago, I somehow connected with this song. I was terribly manic and I had found my way somehow from Alaska to Cambridge, England. It was there I wandered the streets talking to myself, lost and disoriented. I had … Continue reading →