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According to Noel King of NPR, “One in 5 school children struggles with anxiety, and almost half of them experience at least one serious stressor at home - something like divorce or poverty or a parent's addiction.”—Jim L. Wilson https://www.npr.org/2020/02/20/807665085/mindfulness-transforms-culture-at-high-needs-elementary-school…

As a child, Josh Sundquist lost a leg to cancer. While this would leave most people depressed, Sundquist uses his misfortune to bring joy to many others. His Halloween costumes bring laughs and inspiration to many. Some of Sundquist’s examples have included an iHop sign, a half-eaten gingerbread man,…

On November 7, 2018 around 11:20pm, Ian David Long entered Borderline Bar & Grill, a popular local country bar in Thousand Oaks, California. Armed with smoke bombs and a handgun, he killed 12 people, and then later killed himself. Ian suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Thousand Oaks, California…

Paul David Tripp’s life changed big time in 2014. He went into a hospital for a checkup but ended up hospitalized with kidney failure. Over the next few months, he endured six surgeries and lived with excruciating pain and perpetual fatigue. Out of the experienced he shared his experience and offers…

The United States Postal Service released a stamp to raise funds for those diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. The stamp shows a green plant growing among fallen leaves, which is a symbolic reference to healing and new growth. A portion of the stamp’s cost will go to the Department of Veterans…

In THANKS! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D. writes, “Thankfulness to God often occurs not only within the shadow of suffering, but also, paradoxically, is made possible through it.” —Jim L. Wilson —THANKS!, 116 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (HCSB) “Give thanks in everything,…

Bob Ebeling spent 30 years of his life feeling guilty over his inability to avert the explosion that destroyed the space shuttle Challenger in 1986. In 1986, Ebeling was a booster rocket engineer at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol. He and several colleagues were worried that cold temperatures the night…

20 year-old Sharista Giles was four-months pregnant when she was involved in a car crash in December. Afterwards, doctors told her family, she only had a 10 percent chance of recovery because of the injuries to her brain. A month and a half later, Giles give birth to a premature baby boy, but still did…

In Ministering to Problem People in Your Church: What to Do With Well-Intentioned Dragons, Marshall Shelley writes, “According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than 25 percent of Americans ages 18 and older suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.” --Jim L. Wilson Ministering…

Firefighters in Bayton, Texas responded to a 911 call for a man who suffered a heart attack while mowing his lawn. After taking the man to the hospital, several members of the Department’s crew returned to the home to finish mowing the yard. Afterward, they put the mower away and locked the garage too.…

When Alan Tucker and his wife were married, they took the usual vows, promising to be true to one another “in sickness and in health.” When Alan took his vows, he knew they would be difficult to fulfill. His wife Jennifer was born three months premature and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy while still…

In The Divine Commodity: Discovering a Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity, Skye Jethani writes, “Suffering was not an abnormality to be avoided, but a facet of God’s grace to be accepted. It was the way transformation occurred and new life entered. To sacrifice one’s immediate desires was how to fulfill…

The Centers for Disease Control recently released startling new information about depression in America. The CDC says roughly one in ten Americans suffers from some degree of the affliction. Though the standard of living has continued to go up, the rate of depression have also risen over the past several…

In his book, Satisfy your Soul, Bruce Demarest writes, “We schedule ourselves to the eyebrows and leave little time for reflection on matters of spiritual significance. The U.S. military, which lives euphemisms, calls this ‘task saturation.’” --Satisfy your Soul, 125. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson Psalm…

SUFFERING In his book, Seasons under the Son, Tim Wesemann wrote, "The Bible tells us that he [the leper] came back praising Jesus and thanking Him. It doesn't say exactly what the man said to Him, although it seems obvious that he would have given thanks for healing. But let's take it a step further.…

Grace My mother always had to remind me to wash my hands before dinner. It just seemed like such a waste of time to me, I mean, they weren't that dirty, besides, I used silverware to eat with, well, most of the time I did. She also had to remind me to make my bed and clean up my room. Why make the bed?…