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Category Archives: Mental Health
I’m not like “those kids”
The kids (and their families) are exquisitely sensitive to perceptions of being “different” from everyone else. This is a key reason why they don’t fit into most “special needs ministry” models and why they’re inclined to avoid “programs” that draw attention to their differences. Continue reading
Updated: Families impacted by depression…How can the church help?
Society still places a stigma on mental illness, but Christians make it worse, he said, by “over-spiritualizing” depression and other disorders — dismissing them as a lack of faith or a sign of weakness. Continue reading
We all want to be chosen…
People who struggle with mental illness (or their caregivers) very much want to be pursued. For someone to recognize that they have value. Isn’t that the mission of the church? Aren’t we the hands and feet of the Savior who pursues the lost sheep? Don’t we serve a God who chose us and is lavish in the grace he extends to us? Continue reading
Posted in Key Ministry, Mental Health
Tagged casseroles, Chosen, church, Cleveland, Inclusion, LeBron James, mental illness, Northeast Ohio
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A disability is still a disability for kids who aren’t disabled all the time
Many kids and adults experience mental health conditions that substantially limits their ability to participate in church as a major life activity while maintaining reasonably high levels of functioning at school, at work or at home. Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety Disorders, Autism, Families, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Mental Health
Tagged adults, children, church, Disability, Disability Ministry, Inclusion, Key Ministry, mental health, teens
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If a kid has mental illness, who will invite their family to church?
It’s hard for families to be invited to church when they don’t know anyone who regularly attends church. Continue reading
Sin, mental illness and disability ministry
Is it possible that the historical exclusion of kids and adults with mental illness from “disability ministry” stems from the view held by many church leaders and attendees that much of what we classify as mental illness is a byproduct of either sin problems or a lack of faith? Continue reading
Ed Stetzer is dead-on about mental illness and Christians…now what?
Sadly, I can’t help but conclude that in our desire as church to avoid the influence of anti-Biblical worldviews foundational to some treatment orientations employed in the mental health community and worldviews held by the vast preponderance of mental health practitioners…we’ve forgotten to love the people experiencing mental illness and contributed to needless suffering by millions of Christ followers and their families.
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Treatment doesn’t eliminate the need for ongoing support…
Clearly, good treatment can help the vast majority of kids and families impacted by mental illness. But treatment doesn’t always work as well as we would hope in the fallen, messed-up world we live in. And families need our support through every step of their journey. Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Advocacy, Anxiety Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Families, Key Ministry, Mental Health, Strategies
Tagged anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, chronic illness, church, Depression, Disability Ministry, Inclusion, Key Ministry, mental illness, Stephen Grcevich MD, support, treatment
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