Mental health

In days of anxiety and stress, how do we open our hearts to God’s Spirit? I have been meditating on Psalm 121 recently in my personal Bible study and suggest that we take three steps prescribed by the psalmist.

An Arizona church has raised nearly $2 million to pay for counseling services for those emotionally impacted amid the pandemic.

The Super Bowl was a welcome diversion during one of the most difficult periods in American history. Nature reports that, as the COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year, “the devastation of the pandemic—millions of deaths, economic strife, and unprecedented curbs on social interaction—has already had a marked effect on people’s mental health.”

According to a recent Gallup survey, those who frequently attend church reported that their mental health did not decline throughout 2020.

According to an anonymous source, former Hillsong East Coast pastor Carl Lentz is seeking treatment for 'depression, anxiety, pastoral burnout' following this public firing over his moral failing.

The vehicle of a Kansas pastor’s wife who has been missing for more than two weeks was found in rural Arkansas with a woman’s body inside.

I am convinced that we would know more of God’s power if we sought more of God’s power. He honors the freedom he has given us and will not force upon us what we will not receive. But if we will trust difficult times and people to him, he will use them to draw us into his transforming grace.

God has promised each of us that we can find wholeness, peace and security in him no matter what trials we are facing. So in these challenging times, let’s be honest with him, participate in community and ask for help when we need it.

According to a study conducted last week, people who struggle to identify with their biological sex are at a higher risk of struggling from mental-health disorders. In fact, they are “more than six times as likely to have been hospitalized after a suicide attempt” as others.

This study was not the first to highlight the significant rates of depression and suicidal ideation among those who struggle with gender dysphoria. In fact, the high correlation between mental health struggles and the transgender community is agreed upon by all sides. Incredibly contentious, on the other hand, is the best way to help these people.

In the Black community, mental issues have always been hush-hush. We are more likely to trump our mental fears with spiritual faith. We are more likely to go to the altar than go to a therapist. Most of all, you don’t talk about this stuff outside of the family; in fact, you don’t talk about it too much in the family!