A Light in the Darkness

This week in the series finale for A Light in the Darkness we take a look at holding on to faith when you are presented with the challenge of mental illness or when you are presented with unexpected challenges associated with the journey of becoming a parent. Thanks, as always for listening. Be well. 

This week on A Light in the Darkness we are discussing the fears that one might face being a parent while also battling mental illness and we wrap up with a discussion of how faith plays a role on those issues. If you would like to leave me a message, you can do so at ALightInTheDarknessPodcast@gmail.com. Thank you once again for tuning in, and until next time, be well. 

This week we are continuing to discuss how faith and mental illness play a role in parenting by discussing confidence. More specifically, we discuss how we can get confidence from our faith, how we can live with that confidence in spite of our mental illness, and how we can include that in our parenting styles. 

If you would like to contact me about this episode, I can be reached at ALightInTheDarknessPodcast@gmail.com. 

Welcome to the second episode of the second season of a Light in the Darkness, the podcast that examines the intersection between faith and mental illness. In this episode, we continue our examination of how these issues impact parenting with a discussion about how honest to be with our children about these unusual times or about other difficult topics like mental illness. If you have thoughts on this topic or on any of the topics that we discuss, please feel free to leave me a voice message on the Anchor app, or email me at ALightInTheDarknessPodcast@gmail.com. 

And thank you, as always, for tuning. Until next time, be well.  

Welcome to Episode 2, Season 2 of A Light in The Darkness Podcast. This season we are discussing how faith and mental illness impact parenting, and this episode we are exploring some of the initial issues related to that discussion, such as the consideration of whether or not to become a parent, some thoughts about what I will tell my daughter one day about mental illness and about how my faith impacts my mental illness, and just about everything in between, so stay tuned. 

If you would like to contact me about this episode or about any episode, please don't hesitate to email me at ALightInTheDarknessPodcast@gmail.com. And until next time be well. 

Welcome to Season 2 of A Light in the Darkness. This season we are talking about struggling with faith and mental illness while also dealing with the challenges of parenthood. If you have thoughts about this episode or any episode, please do not hesitate to contact me at ALightinTheDarknessPodcast@gmail.com, or leave me a voice message through the Anchor App. Thanks again, and until next time, be well. 

Season 2 of A Light in the Darkness is coming. This coming Sunday, June 21st it is coming to a podcast app near you! 

Happy Easter everyone! He is risen indeed, alleluia! This week we are talking about salvation. This week will also be a season finale of sorts, so there will be no new episodes for a while, but you can still leave me messages through the anchor app or via email at alightinthedarknesspodcast@gmail.com. Thank you once again for listening, and until next time, be safe and be well. 

This week we are wrapping up our discussion of the deadly sins with a discussion of pride and greed. I am so glad you could be tuning in and Happy Palm Sunday to Everyone out there.

Psalm 10:3-4: The wicked are proud of their evil desires; the greedy curse and reject the Lord. The wicked do not care about the Lord; in their pride they think that God doesn’t matter."

James 4:10: Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Luke 12:15: “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 

1 Corinthians 6:10: "Nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

If you have thoughts about this episode, feel free to contact me at ALightInTheDarknessPodcast@Gmail.com. Thank you for listening, until next week, be well. 

This week, we continue our discussion of the deadly sins with a discussion of envy. 

 Proverbs 14:30: "A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones." 

Mark 7:21-22: “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness."

Psalm 119:1-3: "Joyful are people of integrity, who follow the instructions of the LORD. Joyful are those who obey his laws and search for him with all their hearts. They do not compromise with evil, and they walk only in His paths." 

If you would like to contact me about this episode, you can email me at ALightinTheDarknessPodcast@gmail.com. For more discussions of mental illness go to darktalesproject.com. 

Next week we will be discussing greed and pride. Until then, be well. 

This week, we are continuing our discussion of the deadly sins. We are actually doubling up this week, talking about both the sins of sloth as well as the sin of gluttony. 

2 Timothy 3:16-17 - "All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work." 

If you have thoughts on this episode, or on any episode, please feel free to leave me a message through the voice message option on the Anchor app, or by emailing me at ALightInTheDarknessPodcast@gmail.com. 

Thank you for listening, until next time, be well. 

This week we are continuing our discussion of the deadly sins with a brief discussion of lust. When is it healthy attraction, when is it lust, and what does the Bible have to say on the subject? 

Exodus 20:14

Matthew 5:28-30

Romans 8:6

If you would like to leave me a message about this episode, or about any of the episodes, you can do so at ALightInTheDarknessPodcast@gmail.com.

As always, thanks for listening. Until next time, be well. 

Since this week saw the beginning of Lent, today's episode looks at how the practices of Lent can also help us manage mental illness and help us avoid each and every one of the Seven Deadly Sins, which of course are:

1. Anger,
2. Lust,
3. Gluttony,
4. Sloth,
5. Envy,
6. Greed, and 
7. Pride.

If you have thoughts on this episode, or thoughts on what you would like to hear in a future episode, please let me know at ALightInTheDarknessPodcast@gmail.com. Thank you for tuning in, and until next time, be well. 

This week, we are talking about why we are all blessed, regardless of the battles we may have with mental illness. So glad you could join us. 

Today's Scripture:

Matthew 5:5-9 - "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” 

Job 2:9-10 - “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die! And Job replied, you are talking like a foolish woman, Shall we accept good from God and not trouble?”

If you would like to contact me, you can reach me at ALightInTheDarknessPodcast@gmail.com or you can leave me a voice message through the Anchor App. Until next time, be well. 

This week we are talking about belonging. Belonging in Christ, belonging in the church, and how that sense of belonging is helpful in the overall battle with mental illness, which so often lies to us and says that we don't belong. 

Genesis 18:19 - Keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then I will do...all that I have promised. 

Hebrews 10:25 - Let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

Romans 12:4-5 - Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ's body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other. 

If you have thoughts on this episode, or thoughts on something you would like to hear in a future episode, please leave me a voice message through the Anchor app, or you can also email me at Alightinthedarknesspodcast@gmail.com.

Thank you for listening. Until next time, be well. 

This week we are talking about mental health medication. Specifically, we are talking about how it works and where it fits in with this larger discussion of faith and mental illness. 

Scripture Passages:

1 Timothy 4:1 - Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.

1 Timothy 4:5-6 - For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

1 Timothy 4:8 - While bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Proverbs 17:22 - A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Thank you for listening. If you would like to leave a message, you can do so at alightinthedarknesspodcast@gmail.com. Until next week, be well. 

This week we are having a brief discussion of how science and faith are not adversaries, but rather complementary ways for God to share His Word and His creation with us. If you have thoughts on this episode, please leave me a voice message through the Anchor app or you can email me at Alightinthedarknesspodcast@gmail.com. 

Passages from this Episode:

• Job 35:11 -  “who teaches more to us than to beasts of the Earth? And makes us wiser than the birds of the air?”
• John 3:12 - “if I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?”

Until next week, be well...

In this week's episode, we explore a topic that is at the heart of the balance between faith and mental illness, which is the fact that it is okay to have both a pastor and a therapist. God gives you tools like modern psychotherapy because he wants you to be well. 

Passages included in this episode. 

• Jeremiah 1:5 - "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you before you were born I set you apart.”
• Malachi 4:2 - “ For those who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.”
• Psalms 16:9-11 - “My Body Rests in Safety. For you will not leave my soul among the dead, or allow your holy one to rot in the grave. You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.”

If you have thoughts on this episode or thoughts on what you would like to hear in future episodes please leave me a message through the Anchor App, or email me at alightinthedarknesspodcast@gmail.com. This podcast is a Dark Tales Project Production, you can check out further discussions of mental health issues at darktalesproject.com. 

Be well.

In today's episode, we talk all about forgiveness. Forgiveness is a central issue in faith as Jesus died for our sins so that we may be forgiven, but forgiveness is also an important part of self-care and improving one's mental health and well being. So thank you for tuning in as we explore the important issue of forgiveness.

Scripture Selections

• Colossians 3:13 – Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
  
• Matthew 6:14 - If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you
  
• Luke 23:34 – As he hung on the cross – “And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
  
• Ephesians 4:31-32 – Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
  
• 1 Peter 5:7 – Let him have all your worries and cares, for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.
  
• Proverbs 17:9 – Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends.
  

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In this second trailer, we take a look at the first four four topics that will be covered in the new year. Thanks for listening.