by Terry_Powell | Dec 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Handling Depression When We’re Supposed to be “Merry” Can you identify with one or both of these journal entries? It just doesn’t feel like Christmas this year. The joyful anticipation I once had prior to December 25 has evaporated as I get older. Maybe it’s because...
by Terry_Powell | Nov 23, 2017 | Uncategorized |
When Being Thankful Is Hard When we are needy, lacking some type of provision, worried about the future, is it still reasonable and possible to praise God? Habakkuk 3:17-19 shouts “Yes!” These verses have always resonated with me, urging me to give thanks to the Lord...
by Terry_Powell | Nov 15, 2017 | Depression and Faith |
The Outrageously Fruitful Ministry of a Depression-Prone Man For almost 40 years, James “Buck” Hatch served on the faculty of Columbia Bible College in South Carolina, teaching courses in Bible, hermeneutics, psychology, and family life. Hundreds, perhaps...
by Terry_Powell | Nov 10, 2017 | Depression and Faith |
A response to depression far more difficult to experience than it is to write about About 15 years ago, over a period of months, I begged the Lord to heal me of chronic depression. The initial benefit of anti-depressants had waned. Counseling hadn’t...
by Terry_Powell | Nov 1, 2017 | Depression and Faith
Vaneetha Risner’s The Scars That Have Shaped Me I am not defined by what people have done or said to me. I am defined by who I am in Christ. God uses all of our suffering for our joy and for his glory. God’s refusals are always his mercies. When my life spins...
