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When You’re Told To “Pray More”: God Hasn’t Left
As a lifetime Christian, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that when people are in despair, they just need to pray more. “Keep looking to Jesus,” they say. “God is still here.” “If you feel like you’re praying to a wall, He hasn’t left you, you’ve left Him.”
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Anxiety? You don’t have to function at 100%: Let’s Look At Jesus
At the end of May, I ran a weekend-long Young Adults Retreat in the pines for Christians 18-30 years old. Between icebreakers and eating s’mores around a campfire, the lot of us attended workshops of our choice. One of the workshops I had arranged was about Mental Health which was a pretty popular topic, especially as many young adults (and people in general) deal with anxiety. I graduated from university last year with a Psychology minor, courses in Neuroscience, and some experience as a Mental Health Ambassador at my school’s Health & Wellness Centre. As a result, I figured I knew at least the basics of mental illnesses and mental…