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For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you. (Isaiah 54:7) written anonymously One of my son�s has OCD. It�s not the kind that people who keep their kitchen cabinets organized say they have � but the kind that sometimes makes it impossible for him to get out of the house because of rituals. His wife lives with bipolar disorder. Likewise, it�s not the

written by Hannah Campbell Gustafson In a recent conversation with the Division on Church and Ministry, someone asked me if I ever feel like my passions of social work and ministry conflict with one another. It is a very real question in the work I am doing in my job, addressing homelessness with the help of hundreds of volunteers from local churches. But the question really made me think

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowd. After He had dismissed them, He went up on a mountainside by himself to pray� alone. Matthew 14:22-23 written by Amy Petr� Hill When I first began dealing with my complex trauma and the depression that often goes with it, I did not have energy to do much of

written by Kirk Moore Of course this list isn�t exhaustive. And it isn�t a �you should do these things.� list. Here, simply, are 10 things I do for my own peace of mind. Maybe reading them will help you think of the things you do for your own peace of mind. 1. Play guitar I�ve written here about being a therapeutic musician. When I play guitar, the vibrations of the strings affect my

Photo: CC0 image by Kolkata India Written by Rachael Keefe In middle school I came how with a report card that was all A�s except for a B in music. My father looked at it and said, �What�s the matter? Don�t they give A�s in music?� I suspect that he was trying to be funny, but at 12 or 13 I heard one more affirmation that I was not good enough. I spent most of childhood and adolescence