Posts Tagged ‘Depression’
Why Despair? (Help for depression) [3]
Mark Minnick The third and last of three parts • Part One • Part Two Part One introduced writings on the subject by Charles Jefferson, pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle in New York City from 1898–1937. The first header was “The Character of Ministerial Depression: Complaint”, excerpted from a book called Quiet Hints to Growing…
Read MoreWhy Despair? (Help for depression) [2]
Mark Minnick The second of three parts • Part One • Part Three Part One introduced writings on the subject by Charles Jefferson, pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle in New York City from 1898–1937. The first header was “The Character of Ministerial Depression: Complaint”, excerpted from a book called Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers. Though…
Read MoreWhy Despair? (Help for depression) [1]
Mark Minnick The first of three parts • Part Two • Part Three “Oh,” but you ask, “why not despair? Surely, if anyone has a right to it, I do. Who would not if he were me?” Well, there are many who have known your pain. “I am the subject of depressions of spirit so…
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web–2013/05/06
It has been some weeks since we’ve taken our eclectic wandering around the world wide web. I’ve accumulated a number of articles that might be of interest to our readers, so today I thought we should take the time to organize and post them. Topics: Parenting – are we over-doing it with protecting our kids?…
Read MoreThe Preacher’s Dark Secret (Spurgeon)
Spurgeon called it the “Minister’s Fainting Fits” in his classic Lectures to My Students. It is, yes I will use the word, the depression that preacher’s sometimes face. It is deep, miserable and desperate. It keeps him awake through the night in anguish of soul. He dare not talk of it to church members or…
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