One of the articles I read dealt with the very real problem of depression. I was really encouraged by your article, but one point disappointed me. The solution that was given, in the conclusion of the article, was God. I don t fully agree. God should not be left out of the picture, but if someone had cancer you would not ignore the doctors and recommend they pray for healing.
Clinical depression is a real illness, and needs to be treated as such.
It is important to find medical help for depression. It is very easy for depressed Christians to feel worse about themselves because they have tried to rely on God to lift their spirits only to find their depression increasing. They feel like they must be bad Christians, which is not true. I hope this prejudice can be corrected and depression can be seen for the serious illness that it is. As I was taking my breakfast this morning, I picked up Movement-the 1999 special issue, and read the article on bridging the gap between generations.