While we’ve seen improvements, Christian culture tends to see mental illness as a character issue, says psychologist Valerie Ling.
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In church settings where it’s easy to get caught up in personalities and platform, self-checking your focus is important.
I don’t think it’s encouraging for church members to keep on reading on socials what a poor job they are doing.
I don’t know if you have ever left a church service thinking, “Wow – that was really beautiful.” Here are two Sundays where I did…
Why are our children walking away from church and faith and how can we prevent it? Author Melanie Saward has some suggestions.
The attitude that any leader, despite their behaviour, is integral and indispensible to the organisation, is a myth, writes Stephen McAlpine.
“This church thing, it’s just not working for me,” said my friend. It wasn’t the first time I had heard this.
No-one is immune to failure, but it is still deeply unsettling when someone we trusted and looked up to turns out to be deeply flawed.
“If there’s stigma and shame around mental health, they’re not going to talk to the church… they’ll think we’re going to judge them.”
The internet has made it easier to get resources into the hands of every young person if they’ve got a smartphone.