The good news of Ash Wednesday and Lent is that we can, with God’s help, rebuild and become more and more the person God wants us to be. We have disappointed and hurt God, other people, God’s natural world and ourselves. However, through the cross, Jesus says to each one of us, “I love you. I forgive you. Now go and be the person I created you to be.”
“If you do not transform your pain, you will surely transmit it.” - Richard Rohr Max Lucado in his book titled,...
I asked a friend, Nancy, to respond to this question and also to describe some of her daily challenges:
The “uneventful everyday” is a mixed blessing when caring for a person with a chronic illness, in my case caring for a person with Parkinson ’s disease (PD). One person described living with PD was like trying to drive with the brakes on.
How can we protect our kids from bullying? Well, maybe we can't fully "protect" them from ever feeling the pain of...
How can we care for a person who is depressed?
To begin, it is helpful to remember what depression feels like to the one who is depressed.
Depression feels like...
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, between 20% and 50% of people who commit suicide have had a previous attempt.
Warning signs that someone may be thinking about or planning to commit suicide include:
◾Always talking or thinking about death
◾Clinical depression -- deep sadness, loss of interest, trouble sleeping and eating -- that gets worse
Even attempting to define the condition is painful for me. Our world does not accept kindly those suffering from depression. We are looked upon as a bit "crazy"; weaklings who feel sorry for ourselves; people who forget to "count their blessings."
To feel depressed is to be "blue" day after day; to experience tiredness that never goes away, not even after ten or twelve hours of sleep; to lack energy for even the smallest of chores; to not be enthusiastic about anything; to be unable to focus or concentrate; to turn molehills into mountains; to be overly sensitive to comments.
