Depression & Anxiety
Depression and anxiety are on the rise in society today. How can you help? What comfort does God offer to those who are struggling? Find out more . . .
Where do I go with my anxiety?
Are you a planner? Planning is good. It is good to think ahead, to imagine the problems and challenges of tomorrow, to take inventory…
Blessing #10—Teaching Us Who’s Eternal
There are three words that have changed my life—GOD is here! I love thinking about the presence of GOD. Not some lame, meh, shrug-your-shoulders…
The ruminators
This one is for all the farm girls and boys out there. Y’all know that cattle are ruminators. Cows kill time lying around chewing…
The end of anxiety
I should have been anxious. I was about to speak to the biggest audience of my entire life, a crowd of over one thousand…
Becoming fully alive in the present
Every department store seems to be blasting the Christmas carol “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” But for many of you, that…
God’s antidepressant
At the time when George Washington was president, over 90 percent of Americans were engaged in agriculture or agriculture-related work. In today’s work life,…
How to switch from reacting to preventing suicide
I met her at the airport. Within a few minutes, the woman told me, “I’ve been at two funerals in the past two months—and…
It’s a scam
This summer, a Wisconsin woman answered her phone. A scammer claimed to be from the Social Security Administration and told the woman she would…
Praying at our wits’ end
We hit our limits by getting ahead of ourselves: stretching, trying, straining, falling, adjusting, and trying again. We gain wisdom from overreaching. We learn…
When suffering is unbearable
On June 2, 2019, Noa Pothoven died. Her death made the news around the world, all because of the circumstances surrounding it. Noa was…
The most important truth about your anxiety (Part 3)
Over the course of 12 years in ministry, I’ve delivered hundreds of messages, but few stick out like the one on depression. It was one…
One big answer for anxiety (Part 2)
A number of recent studies suggest that Americans are more anxious than ever. Worst-case scenarios churn relentlessly in our thoughts: “There’s going to be…