What Does One Post On New Years Eve?

New Years Eve conjures up images of all sorts of happy images as we are not only closing a year but the first decade of the 2000′s.  Families will gather together one last time as they break every diet promise they made the previous year!  Many others will be gathering with other believers at scores [...]

Mental Health Isn’t The Issue- Stigma Is

Taken from the Star Tribune. There was a time when the public admission of mental illness could derail a candidate’s political career. That could still happen to Mark Dayton, the Democratic candidate for governor who went public this week with his history of depression. But if so, experts say, it’s the stigma — not the [...]

Wrong Things Said In Church In Response To Christian Mental Illness

Many of us are familiar with some of the things that are listed below.  Our familiarity isn’t borne from reading an article in a magazine but from personal experience.  These things can be phrased using different words but the point being made is still the same.  These comments can come from friends, a church counselor, [...]

Saying Goodbye To 2009

It’s 11:00p.m. and the Christmas holiday is officially over for us.  Our last company left a little while ago and I recalled I have a blog to tend to!  Earlier today our son flew back to Oakland and it’s always sad to see him go.  My mother was here today and spent a few hours [...]

By Thy Spirit: Streams In The Desert, December 27th

“Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts” Zecheriah 4:6 My way led up a hill, and right at the foot I saw a boy on a bicycle. He was pedalling up hill against the wind, and evidently found it a tremendously hard work. Just as he was working [...]

Beautiful Christian Music: Praise & Worship- My Favorites From This Past Year.

This weeks music are some of my favorites that speak to me and comfort my spirit the most.  Different artists and styles of music and I don’t even know if “Fix You” is what we might label a “Christian” song.  If it’s not it should be!    Anyway, this is the last music post for [...]

Merry Christmas From Erunner’s Porch!!

When I was a full time participant on the “From The Ashes” blog the folks there were kind enough to set up a thread titled “Erunner’s Porch.”  It was a thread that was always available and was set up so folks could visit and just post about whatever happened to be on their mind.  Conversations [...]

God’s Word- John 15:5

Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Part 2 of 2

Romans 5:1  Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; Romans 5:2  through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:3  And not only so, but we also rejoice [...]

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)- Part 1 Of 2

Generalized Anxiety Disorder, GAD, is an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic anxiety, exaggerated worry and tension, even when there is little or nothing to provoke it.  People with generalized anxiety disorder can’t seem to shake their concerns. Their worries are accompanied by physical symptoms, especially fatigue, headaches, muscle tension, muscle aches, difficulty swallowing, trembling, twitching, [...]