Tag: suicide

Yet within the Christian community, where openness and grace should flow the richest and deepest, where the masks are meant to come off and safety offered to all, owning depression is virtually taboo. There is an unwritten rule that people of faith shouldn’t be depressed.

Religious beliefs and practice also play a role in attitudes toward suicide. Those with evangelical beliefs are more likely than those without evangelical beliefs to say suicide is selfish (48% v. 35%) and automatically leads to hell (39% v. 18%).

Excerpted from 'Hope Always' (Tyndale)

Don’t underestimate the power of open, honest and vulnerable dialogue.

The church must be aware of its hurting leaders.

Jarrid Wilson, church leaders, and the specter of mental illness

We don't have to cower in fear beneath the giant of depression.

Reflections on the passing of Jarrid Wilson, an associate pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship, who died by suicide on Sept. 9th.