We come to Advent with many expectations: expectations of ourselves and others; expectations that our current circumstances can’t live up to.
Tag: Depression
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It’s Time to Talk About It
In the depths of depression, my mind must fight against my own mind. I must continually remind myself that God is good; God is near; God loves me.
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Restored to Hope
O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence—as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil—to make your name known to your adversaries, so that the...
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Protected
This post is a sermon from August 2012, a few months after I was diagnosed with depression. The summer series was in the Psalms and focused on different postures of worship. I preached at the end of summer on Psalm...
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A Day in Capernaum: Proclaiming Release to the Prisoners
Black stones are from the 1st century synagogue in Capernaum. This week in worship, we reflected on Luke 4:31-44. Following are three vignettes of this day in Capernaum. When Jesus was in his hometown Nazareth (Luke 4:1-32), less than a...
