What the Church Needs to Know About Psychosis
A dim room in the small hours lit only by the cold pale glow of a phone lying face-up on a table, deep night beyond the window and a faint sliver of a distant doorway, evoking a 2am emergency not yet recognised for what it is.
What the Church Needs to Know About PTSD
A church service seen from behind, the congregation at ease in warm light while a single tense figure sits near the aisle in the third pew, hands tightly clasped, positioned for a clear path to a daylight-edged exit, vigilant rather than at peace.
What the Church Needs to Know About OCD
A hand rests tensely on a front door handle from the inside without turning it, warm morning light coming through the door's small window, a coat ready on a hook nearby, the ordinary act of leaving held back.
What the Church Needs to Know About Schizophrenia
A small-group room with chairs in a loose circle, one chair near the doorway slightly apart and empty with a closed Bible left on its seat, soft window light falling on it, the seat someone left and did not return to.
What the Church Needs to Know About Bipolar Disorder
An emptying church seen from behind, a lit but vacant worship platform at the front and a single still figure seated alone at the back in cooler light, holding the distance between the person who once led and the one now quietly waiting.
What the Church Needs to Know About Anxiety
A church interior near the end of a service seen from behind, the seated congregation in warm light while a single tight-shouldered figure in the third row half-turns toward a door edged with cool daylight, composed but poised to leave.
What the Church Needs to Know About Depression
A church interior during worship seen from behind, a warm blur of a standing congregation, with one lowered-shouldered figure slightly apart in cooler light, holding the gap between the singing room and the person who cannot feel it.
