Mental Health

Sing to the Lord a new song. The instruction feels cruel when you are drowning. The old songs no longer fit the voice you have now. The new song is not the old song faked — it is something else entirely. Part one of Singing in the Flood.

You will not, if you keep going at this pace, last. The Saviour of the world walked away from people who needed saving so that his own soul could be tended. If he could, you can.

Psalm 93 holds a tension our worship songs cannot. The waters are loud. The throne is older. You do not have to calm the storm to be faithful — you only have to remember whose throne stands above it.

The believers the church has often considered disqualified are the ones the church most needs to lead. The risen Christ kept his wounds. The scars are the credential. Part five of Radical Hospitality: Creating Room for Mental Wellness.

Many Christians with mental illness carry a quiet equation — this is happening because I have done something wrong. The Bible refuses that equation. Jesus refused it. Part four of Radical Hospitality: Creating Room for Mental Wellness.

There is a person in your church who is no longer in your church. They have not left the faith. They have left the building. These are not the same thing. Part three of Radical Hospitality: Creating Room for Mental Wellness.

The meal train ends. The depression does not. Isaiah does not say send them food. He says bring them in. Part two of Radical Hospitality: Creating Room for Mental Wellness.

The hungry in your congregation are not always the ones with empty plates. The Lord's first instruction in Isaiah 58:7 is not fix their hunger. It is share your bread. Part one of Radical Hospitality: Creating Room for Mental Wellness.

You used to feel things. Now you feel nothing. You have not lost your faith. You have lost your feelings. These are not the same thing — and the church has, for a long time, taught us they were.