“Some of them went to church, but the Church told them, ‘you need to change.’ But how can you change what you can’t identify?” Says Gray. “And how come, we’re so quick to judge people, and don’t know what they’ve been through.”
Church
9 Reasons The Church Needs More Non-Church People
I don’t want a personal relationship with a God that would lead me to so much hurt and rejection.
5 Things Christians Should Know About Depression and Anxiety
Our culture is riddled with incorrect beliefs about mental illness as it is, but bring prayer, salvation, and well-meaning churchgoers who are clueless when it comes to the realities of dealing with mental illness into the picture, and you’re looking at a recipe for disaster.
The Church is Not God.
Jesus cared about the oppressed, the abused, those living in poverty, and minorities. But for people reading the news, it looks like the church doesn’t.
Can You Be a Christian AND Have a Mental Illness?
“A lot of times, Christians and churches make it seem like if you are a person who struggles with mental illness, then it’s because your faith is not strong enough, or Jesus isn’t actually in your life.”
What I Learned When God Went Silent
Every one of us has many things in our lives that fight to shape and mold who we are, and yet most of them honestly look nothing like Christ.