Being a “Light to the World” Isn’t What You Think

We must engage in meaningful conversations about mental and emotional health.

Have you ever been in the middle of a conversation and found yourself searching for that elusive word that perfectly describes what you’re feeling? You know the word exists—so you stammer around it, circling closer and closer, until one of three things happens: you land on the word, the person you’re talking to suggests the word, or you finally give up, settling for an imperfect descriptor.

Those first two possibilities—in which you find the word you’re looking for, or someone is able to provide it for you—embody both the church’s largest struggle and brightest hope right now.

“People have, more than ever, language for what’s happening in the interior of their lives,” said David Kinnaman, president of Barna Group, at the October 5, 2021, State of Dallas-Fort Worth event, one of four forums discussing COVID-19’s impact on the United States. Kinnaman went on to share that while millennials and younger generations are often labeled as narcissistic or entitled, they are often the ones leading conversations around mental health issues faced by large percentages of the population. Read More

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