Mental health is a topic which sadly the Christian Church has not embraced whole heartedly over it’s history. Often times we members of the Christian Church and it’s leaders have labelled mental illnesses and those who wrestle with them as being weak, sinful, or flawed. Tragically the way in which many Christian leaders engage with mental illness has been to either ignore it or to judge those who are known to struggle with depression, anxiety, personality disorders, one of m

Contradictions drive me nutty! This has been especially true for me as of late. I’m working on putting together a sermon series and the overall theme for the church. The theme for the summer series is “Sabbath.” The contradiction and the irony is that I’m working hard to put together this Sabbath series. It’s ironic because the definition of Sabbath is: “any special day of prayer or rest resembling the Sabbath.” Working in a church it is easy to become frustrated with the