In March, at the start of the pandemic, I was laid off from work. Immediately, I prayed and asked God how He could use me. I was speaking with a local ministry partner of Wooddale Church when they mentioned that the demands to feed people experiencing homelessness in south Minneapolis was growing. They needed help. Realizing God was answering my prayer, I…

Over the past 10 years, God has put men in search of Him before me, that I may bring them to know Christ and help build a relationship with Him. I’ve had the opportunity to work with men in their teens through men in their 60s, men struggling with issues in college to men who are powerful CEOs. Some simply want to…

I didn’t want to do another workbook study. I didn’t want to read more books, articles or mountains of other information typically provided by the medical community. I just wanted hope and healing. I grew up in a home with a parent who was undiagnosed with a mental health condition. So when one of my family members began showing similar signs, it…

I rarely find meeting new people an easy or comfortable experience. It feels more like a strenuous game of dodgeball. If I know I’ll be with new people, I dust off my often-used script with its litany of tried and true answers (honest but edited), double check the condition of my emotional armor, put on my best game face and press ahead.…

There was a time not so long ago when life at home was marked by one traumatic crisis after another. Throughout their childhood, both of our children had been active in church youth groups but somehow, that all fell away when low self-esteem and peer pressure entered the scene. They stopped attending and instead gravitated to fringe groups in school, and were…

As a family member of someone with a mental health condition, I’ve often had more questions than answers: When is bad behavior caused by a mental health condition and when is it an expression of a sinful human heart? At what point am I enabling instead of helping? How do I best show patience, grace and compassion? As the Lord helped me…