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September 2016

September 30, 2016

How to Handle Anxiety, Discouragement, and Depression

It seems that sucky days are a universal experience. We can’t survive on an island....

September 28, 2016

Benefits of the Psych Ward and the Church

As the nurse wheeled me down the long and lonely corridor and through the locked...

September 26, 2016

Why Psychiatric Hospitals Aren’t Entertaining

Knott's Berry Farm in California has launched a psychiatric hospital-themed Halloween attraction at their theme...

September 14, 2016

How to Care for Dingy Socks and Panic Attacks

It took me three days to realize I'm building toward a panic attack. I think...

September 05, 2016

43,000 Reasons Why Suicide Prevention Matters

43,000 is a really big number. I would certainly lose count, trying to count that...

September 04, 2016

How to Survive Marriage and Mental Health

My wife spent a week on a psych ward following the birth of our first...

September 01, 2016

To the Person Who just Failed a Suicide Attempt: Grace has Found You

I know you. I guess I should say I knew you. It seems like a...

August 2016

August 08, 2016

6 Ways to Recover from a Suicide Attempt

Since I’ve begun sharing how I went from a being a pastor to being hospitalized...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Guns and Mental Health: A Deadly Combination

It's been nearly four years since my suicide attempt. I thank God my life did...

June 2016

June 22, 2016

From Pastor to Psych Ward: Recovery from a Suicide Attempt is Possible.

My clients were concerned. When they couldn’t reach me, they called first my wife, and...

May 2016

May 09, 2016

A Snapshot of the Daily Struggle with Mental Illness

After two days of panic attacks and a scary spike in my blood pressure, I...

April 2016

April 20, 2016

Living with Mental Illness

Living with mental illness colors everything in life. It is often extremely stressful and exhausting....

April 08, 2016

Being Stressed Isn't the Same as Having Anxiety

My frustration was boiling, but in my gut, I knew I must have been hacked....

April 05, 2016

Was Judas Mentally Ill?

I used to wonder what caused Judas to sell-out; but in the days immediately following...

March 2016

March 06, 2016

Check Out My Interview on The Project Pastor Podcast!

I had such a great time during my interview with Troy McLaughlin from Project Pastor!...

February 2016

February 15, 2016

The Psych Ward and The Church

As the nurse wheeled me down the long and lonely corridor and through the locked...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Pastor, Psych Ward, Crazy Good Parent

Janice Lindegard says, "Crazy Good Parent was born out of my frustration at looking for...

January 14, 2016

My Story isn't Over; An Exclusive with Project Semicolon

In my own experience, the cruelness of life tried to insert a period, but grace...

January 11, 2016

Daring to Trust: Life After My Husband’s Suicide Attempt

I will never forget how cold the tile floor was on that hot September afternoon,...

January 08, 2016

Ending the Stigma of Mental Illness in Christian Communities

"A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We...

January 04, 2016

7 Stumbling Blocks to Recovery After a Suicide Attempt

Now that the story of my suicide attempt is becoming more public, people are asking...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

I got my little boy a dog for Christmas and it helped heal my shame.

“Where did this dog come from? Is she coming home with us? Can she sit...

May 2014

May 20, 2014

Is it possible to live again? Life after PPD.

After Ben's birth in September 2011, I suffered from severe sleep deprivation, psychosis, and postpartum...

October 2013

October 22, 2013

Anxiety: Not Your Grandma's Kind of Worry

This is a guest post by someone I think the world of. The author asked...