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Category Archives: Suicide
Responding to grief
Deep reflection on grief and grieving. Continue reading
Posted in Death, Grieving, Loss, Sadness, Suffering, Suicide
Tagged Death, Grief, Grieving, loss of a loved one, Sadness, working through grief
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Four servants of God who battled fierce despair
Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Call to ministry, Character, Childhood trauma, Christian life, Comfort, Complaceny, Conceit, Conflict, Contentment, Crisis, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Divine Lottery, Doubt, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Emotions, Encouragement, Failure, Faith, Fear, feeling hopeless, Freedom, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Grace, Gratitude, Grieving, Hope?, Kindness, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Loss, marriage problems, Meaning of life, Mercy, Middle life, Mind Renewal, Nihilism, Pain, Pastors, personal, Praise, Prayer, purpose, Questioning God, Repentance, Sadness, Seeking God, Selfishness, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Truth, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom, Worship
Tagged burn out, Despair, Discouraged, feeling lost, helpless, hopeless, loss of perspective, spiritual exhaustion, Suicide
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My first funeral (a suicide)
There was standing room only at the funeral parlor as I faced some rather austere men and women dressed in the old black garb common to conservative Mennonites. Continue reading
Robin Williams’ most uncomfortable role
Robin Williams was unique. Many people seemed to live inside him. He made so many laugh yet his death was so tragic.
When lost in despondency people feel unable to shake an outlook of despair… Continue reading
Posted in Counseling, Depression, Despair, Robin Williams, Suicide
Tagged Depression, Despair, Robin Williams, Suicide
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Suffering in silence
She finally gained the necessary courage to tell me a story that she had kept to herself until that point. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Abuse, Anger, Anxiety, Change, Christian Counselor, Comfort, Counseling, Crisis, Fear, Grieving, Psychology, Relationships, Restoration, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Social work, Suffering, Suicide, Unresolved issues, Victory
Tagged abuse, Fear, Guilt, Sexual abuse, shame
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5 links to see (and a fun video)
4 thought-provoking articles. Continue reading
Posted in Depression, Despair, Discernment, Discouragement, Drug addiction, Gossip, Human depravity, Human dignity, Sadness, Slandered, Suicide, Unity
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5 links worth seeing
The female holocaust by Daniel James Devine Indian parents killed an estimated 6 million girls in the last decade, but U.S. lawmakers can’t agree on what to do about it. Kingdom, Ethics, and Individual Salvation by D. A. Carson “… distinguishable ways … Continue reading
When faith causes doubts
Some struggle with doubt but faith has often caused me to struggle. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Afraid to die, Anxiety, Assurance, Blaming religion, Blessed by God, Broken Relationships, Christian life, Christian worldview, Christianity, Comfort, Crisis, Depression, Despair, Doubt, Emotions, Encouragement, End Times, Eternal life, Evil in the world, Evil One, Failure, Faith, Fear, Glorify God, God's Patience, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Gospel-centered, Grieving, Hope?, Life of a pastor, Mad at God, Origin of Sin, Pain, Patience, Personal thoughts, Prayer, Problem of evil, purpose, Questioning God, Religion-not the answer, Sadness, Sanctification, Sin, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Theodicy, Tornado, Trials, Truth, Unbelief, Violence, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom, Worldview, Worry
Tagged Cancer, Death, Doubt, Suffering, Theodicy
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Do we expect too much?
Do we expect unbroken tranquility in a world that has fallen from its Creator? Continue reading
Posted in Depression, Despair, Pain, Suffering, Suicide, Trials, Wisdom
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Wisdom on suffering
“Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge” (Psalm 62:8). Dick Keyes “The Bible does not give us a quick and easy answer to why God allows evil to continue … Continue reading
Posted in Discouragement, Earthquakes, Eternal life, Evil in the world, Faith, Fear of death, Fear of God, God's Patience, God's control, God's Heart, God's Protection, God's Will, Grieving, Hope?, Hurricanes, Loss, Mistreated, Origin of Sin, Pain, Prison, Restoration, Sadness, Sovereignty, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Tornado, Trials, Tsunami, Violence, Weather, Will of God, Wisdom, Worldview
Tagged Death, Loss, Sadness, Sin, Suffering, Tornado, Where is God in tragedy?
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