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Forty Eight Things You Can Do to Relieve Anxiety
I’ve written these forty-eight actions items like biblical counseling homework for myself. A constant diet of Scripture will renew our minds and bring that much needed cut-through the hills of anxi...
066: A Solution Better Than Suicide
If you think of taking your own life, God often uses the most broken among us to help us through our suicide crisis. Broken people can help. They get you.
By: John Certalic
6 Ways Reading Lowers Stress
Reading is my survival strategy. Stress is real and relentless. Reading opens the door to escape. It provides a change of scenery that is vital to my survival. Reading lowers my stress. Come to fin...
5 signs that it's time to look for a counsellor
If relationships matter to you, there’s one important principle you need to bear in mind: it takes two to tango. Think about it. A relationship of any kind, and especially a romantic relationship, ...
How Do We Face the Stigma of Mental Health in Missions?
What would you say if you found out the missionary you are supporting deals with depression? Mental health in missions is a topic we need to talk about.
Depression and the Third Culture Kid
Six years ago I entered the office of my primary care doctor and burst into tears. I sobbed until I could not sob anymore. I sobbed until all that was left was a broken soul and no more tears. When...
Depression
WHO fact sheet on depression providing key facts and information on types and symptoms, contributing factors, diagnosis and treatment, WHO response.
Tending Scattered Wool
Reflections on Shepherding Cross-Cultural Workers
Do I Deserve to Rest? (and other questions about the command we should never neglect)
In a world of chaos, what are we supposed to do about rest? Rest just doesn’t seem like an option, especially for those of us in full time ministry. So, we push it off again and again until we...
Beating the Drum for Missionary Care: An Interview with Neal Pirolo
Katie Rowe interviews Neil Pirolo, author of Serving as Senders—Today: How to Care for Your Missionaries as They Prepare to Go, Are on the Field and Return Home, and The Reentry Team:...
Calling Journey: Coaching Life Stages and Transitions
The calling journey is the life stages and transitions we go through as we move to our ultimate calling. Here is a basic presentation of those steps.
By: Tony Stolzfus
Crisis Response
Our passion is to serve member care communities all around the world…so our toolbox includes crisis response and other member care resources in several languages (with more to come), as well as lin...