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In the Fellowship of His Suffering: A Theological Interpretation of Mental Illness – A Focus on ”Schizophrenia”

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These are my reflections on those Scriptures that God has used to comfort me as I have travelled through the "valleys of Shadow of death." I am hoping that they will comfort those fellow-travelers who are going through the wilderness of life. At times, I will also write blogs relevant to mental illness, particularly as it relates to issues of faith, theology and community. All Scriptures used here will be from New American Standard Bible, unless otherwise specified.
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The New Medicated Generation

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Elahe Hessamfar

We are a nation lost in our own self-worship, reaching for straws to pull ourselves out of pain and despair, hoping that somehow we can find the route to self-enforced transcendence, even if it means medicating ourselves toward that goal. Most of us refuse to accept that the void can only be ... [Continue Reading]

Category: Personal Reflection, Research Tagged: anxiety, childhood, Depression, Despair, Medication

Expectations That Disappoint

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Elahe Hessamfar

Photo: Eleonora Festari / EyeEm/Getty Images We are a nation of great technological and financial successes built upon disappointed souls, and despairing spirits. A major study recently published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, claims that “adolescents reported greater ... [Continue Reading]

Category: Personal Reflection, Research Tagged: Christ, Christianity, contentment, Despair, disappointment, expectation, failure, Faith, God, Hope, Mental Illness, optimism, parenting, success, Youth

Our Obsession with Happiness is Making us Miserable

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Elahe Hessamfar

Photo: Genevieve Biloski and Chloe Cushman We are a nation obsessed with happiness. Every time we turn on the TV, look online, or turn the pages of popular magazines, we are seduced to spend our money, change our lifestyles, eat foods that we know are not good for us, follow dreams that we know are ... [Continue Reading]

Category: Personal Reflection Tagged: Christianity, Despair, Ecclesiastes, God, Happiness, Joy, misery, seasons of life

God Long Ago Had Plans for You

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Elahe Hessamfar

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations. (Jeremiah 1:5) Oh what a comfort this verse from Jeremiah gives me! And I am hoping that it does the same for you! Anytime we wonder why things happen the way they ... [Continue Reading]

Category: Devotional Tagged: Darkness, Despair, Hope, Jeremiah, old testament, predestination, Psalms, purpose, Sovereignty of God, Suffering, vindication, Why

Can Hope be Found in an Imprecatory Psalm?

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Elahe Hessamfar

Fill their faces with dishonor, that they may seek Your name, O Lord. Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever, and let them be humiliated and perish, that they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord, Are the Most High over all the earth. Psalm 83:16-18 Psalm 83 is what’s called an ... [Continue Reading]

Category: Devotional Tagged: 1 John, 2 Corinthians, abandonment, Despair, Enemies, Enemy, Evil, forsaken, God, Grace, Healing, Hope, Hurt, Imprecatory, Isaiah, Luke, Matthew, Pain, Philippians, Psalms, restoration, Shame, Sovereignty of God, Suffering

Despairing Even of Life

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Elahe Hessamfar

For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves in order that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who ... [Continue Reading]

Category: Devotional Tagged: 2 Corinthians, Depression, Despair, Foresakeness, Helplessness, Sovereignty of God, Suffering, Suicide

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