Tag: depression
What Lutherans Can Learn: The 2019 LookUp Conference on Mental Health
Anyone who knows me knows that I care deeply about mental health. I have suffered from clinical depression for a long time now, probably over fifteen years. It is something that I have written about, spoken on, and generally beaten the drum at any given opportunity. So it was a special treat to speak at […]
6 Survival Tips for Pastors with Depression
I’m not sure if it is because it is mental health awareness month, or if we are all just feeling the end of the school year pressure, but there are a lot of pastors out there right now who are really struggling with depression and other mental illnesses. Thirteen years ago I was diagnosed with […]
Article on Dark My Road
I posted an article on Dark My Road this morning. Here’s the link: Five Things I’ve Learned After Living with Depression for Ten Years
Things Change
I get up and watch my children get ready for school. Sometimes I help, but mostly it is my wife that does the heavy lifting in the mornings. The house is silent. The children are at school and I am still in my bathrobe, drinking coffee, listening to Bach, and contemplating the fact that I […]