Practicing gratitude is extremely good for humans, even those who don’t believe in God. But for Christians, gratitude is no mere mental health strategy. It’s a profound way of telling the truth: to ourselves, to others, and to the whole world.
Mental health
Survey: 44 Percent of PC(USA) Ministers Are Unequipped to Handle Mental Health Issues in Their Church
According to a new mental health survey, a substantial minority of Presbyterian Church (USA) pastors are unequipped to handle mental health issues in their church.
Social Media Influencer Kelsey Grimm Encourages Christian Women to Find Their Worth in Christ
Singer and social media influencer Kelsey Grimm recently released a new book. In her book, she encourages Christian women to recognize that their identity and worth are found in Christ alone.
The Church's Answer to Suicide
America’s pandemic of despair shows up most obviously in the mounting number of suicide and suicide attempts. According to the Centers for Disease Control, suicide rates are higher today than at any other time since the Great Depression.
Wife of Megachurch Pastor, Mother of 5 Commits Suicide amid Mental Health Struggles
Last weekend, the wife of a California megachurch teaching pastor reportedly committed suicide after a battle with mental illness.
The Dangers of the Growing Divide between Those Who Follow Biblical Truths and Those Who Follow Secular Falsehoods
Those who follow biblical truth and those who follow secular falsehoods are on increasingly divergent paths. But the latter will not allow the former simply to be different. We, our children, and our grandchildren are now living in a culture inundated with LGBTQ ideology and other unbiblical deceptions.
Gymnast Simone Biles Withdraws from Olympic All-Around Finals to Focus on Mental Health
American gymnastics star Simone Biles is making headlines after she withdrew from Thursday's all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympics to focus on her mental health.
The Pandemic of Despair: Young Adult Deaths Highlight the Need for Hope
Deaths of despair have been on the rise for years and are disproportionately concentrated among white, rural Americans without college degrees.
'God Loves You': Good Samaritan Helps Save Man in Mental, Emotional Distress by Reminding Him of God's Love
After spending nearly seven hours hanging from a sign above an Oklahoma highway, a man in mental distress came down from the sign after a good Samaritan reminded him of God's love.
Healing the Alienation of Our Souls
The ultimate solution to the existential alienation that plagues us is to seek healing not from ourselves, others, or our broken culture, but from the God who loves us. To be sure, he uses counselors and therapists as agents of healing, but our greatest need is for intimacy with him.
