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5 ways the church can help in the wake of the mental health crisis
There’s a sickness affecting nearly half of the people in our congregations, yet we often choose to ignore it. We don’t understand it. We are afraid to talk about it. I thought I knew about this illness. I’d read about it and known some people with it, but two years ago, when this sickness hit my house like a ton of bricks, I realized that I didn’t have a clue. I’m talking about mental illness.
A dream is a wish your heart makes
I’ve been thinking a lot about dreams recently. Not dreams you have while you’re sleeping, but the dreams or hopes that you have for yourself. You could also call them desires. The other day in the car my daughters and I were listening to a Disney hits mix and “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes” came on. And I had the thought, “what dreams or wishes do I have right now? When was the last time I had a dream?”