The Lie of Busyness [Devotional]
Busyness is a mentality that many in the American culture strive for. We see how it can take away from family, cause medical conditions, and lead to burnout. Pastors in…
How Your Church Can Participate In Autism Awareness Month
This month is Autism Awareness Month (and May is Mental Health Month if you are scheduling out) so we wanted to help churches figure out how they can participate in…
Drug Free Workplace Handout [Free Resource]
Part of a complete substance abuse treatment program for a community is not only to do direct individual and group counseling as well as psychiatric medication, but preventative services. Sometimes…
How Churches Can Help Counseling Clients
The Church and mental health professionals have a common group of people. If we took the two populations of each and put them in a Venn diagram, there would be…
Is It Okay For Pastors To Have Anxiety? [Devotional]
When I worked in youth ministry, whether within a church or in a parachurch setting, I discovered a little secret pastors don’t tell anyone. They are human just like everyone…
How The Church Could Prevent Suicide
Let me first say, this is a very sensitive subject. Suicide is gaining more and more public press with high profile people in the media spotlight committing suicide. Along with…
Should Churches Care About Mental Health?
Mental health currently in America has a strong secular investment and the Church is missing from the conversation. We need to change this. Where is the Church? Should we as…