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Week 3 | Unbroken | Crosswalk Church

According to the National Association of Mental Health, 1 in 5 Americans will report suffering from a mental health illness. In truth, it’s likely a higher number because people often underreport when it comes to mental health for a variety of reasons like shame, fear, or embarrassment. One might think the numbers can’t be as high for church-going Christians. The assumption is that those with a strong faith should experience peace, joy, purpose, and connectedness. However, just as many Christians report struggling with mental health issues, which is also underreported for many of the same reasons save one, Christians face more stigmas than non-church-going people because of the misunderstanding that a strong faith should cancel out mental health challenges. And it’s not just church members; according to Lifeway Research, 23 percent of pastors acknowledge they have personally struggled with a mental illness, but only 49 percent say they’ve spoken to their congregation about mental health. You. may have heard that Abraham Lincoln, former president and man of faith, battled depression. You may not have heard that Mother Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who impacted millions of lives around the globe, also struggled with depression. Though never diagnosed, her writings to her spiritual director showed a woman who did so much for God but rarely sensed God’s presence and often struggled to find peace. I, too, have had my struggle with mental health. Seventeen years ago, I was diagnosed with a general anxiety disorder with a side of depression (those two often go together). The first two years after my diagnosis were some of the darkest times of my life, but with lots of counseling, the help of a physician, the support of my family, my journey of faith as supported by close friends and a father in my faith, and a lot of hard work, I’m in a much better space, and I continue to grow in an understanding of my challenges and my faith. In this new series that we’re calling Un/Broken, we’ll look at some of the myths related to mental health and faith and then tackle stories and characters from Scripture that we think relate to mental health. We hope that as we go through this journey, we’ll at least accomplish three things: We’ll help remove the stigma many have around mental health, especially involving our communities of faith, and create spaces where it’s encouraged to talk about these things. We’ll debunk some of the false expectations around mental health and faith and help you see that addressing mental health issues must be done on a spiritual level, physically, mentally, and emotionally. And finally, through this series, we’ll all recognize that though we are broken people, we have hope in a Savior who experienced what we do and can empathize with our journeys. And that same Savior desperately wants to help us find healing here on earth as we journey toward the ultimate day of restoration when we see him face to face. Our guiding metaphor for this series comes from the Japanese art form called kintsugi. Developed centuries ago, this process takes broken pottery and restores it using a special tree sap lacquer dusted with gold, silver, or platinum. The gold highlighted the breaks and fractures instead of hiding them and pretending they didn’t exist. The Japanese believed this was a beautiful way to celebrate the history of the pottery, cracks, and all. Our human stories are similar. We all have our wounds and scars from our time on earth. When we meet Christ and join a community of faith, restoration is possible, but there can still be scars from the journey. However, those scars often serve not just as reminders of our healing but as opportunities for us to help others in their own paths towards healing. We hope you’ll follow along each day, and listen in each week as we illuminate what it means to be a people who are truly, Un/Broken. - #crosswalkchurch #lovewell - Crosswalk Church   / crosswalk_r.  .   / crosswalkvil.  . https://www.crosswalkvillage.com Crosswalk Kids https://crosswalkvillage.com/cwkids Crosswalk Worship   / crosswalk_w.  . FutureOf* (College Ministry)   / futureof.cw   The Walk (Junior High and High School Ministries)   / thewalk_jh     / thewalk_hs   Need Prayer? Send an email to [email protected]