As a youthworker you may be struggling with how to talk with your students about a shooting rampage. It may be difficult to talk to your students about the devastation of an F4 tornado that wipes out a small town. It is important to remember that children look to the adults in their life to [...]
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Guiding Your Students Through A Traumatic Event
Posted: May 17, 2012 in Anxiety, Drug Abuse, Grief, Self-Injury, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Teen Dating ViolenceTags: Adult, f4 tornado, Fear, Health, Mental health, Mental health professional, ministry settings, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Psychological trauma, Student
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I’m A Huge Rock Star (youth pastor life skills series pt.6)
Posted: August 10, 2011 in Mental Health, Youth MinistryTags: Health, Jesus, Narcissism, Narcissistic Personality Inventory, Personality disorder, The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement
I am currently reading The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement and was struck by the following paragraph: “It’s difficult to say based on hard data whether older adults have shown the same trend toward greater narcissism, as people older than college age have not completed the NPI very often. Are, say, thirty-somethings today [...]
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
Posted: February 21, 2011 in Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Self-Injury, Teens, UncategorizedTags: Disorders, Eating, Eating Disorder, Health, Mental health, Mercy Ministries, National Eating Disorders Association, National Institute of Mental Health
For more information on and help for eating disorders please visit the following: National Eating Disorders National Institute of Mental Health Something Fishy Conversations on the Fringe Mercy Ministries
The Anatomy Of Honesty
Posted: October 25, 2010 in Drug Abuse, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Teen Dating Violence, Teens, Youth MinistryTags: Dishonesty, God, Health, Honesty, Philosophy, Substance Abuse, Youth
We encourage students to explore the role of honesty and confession as a discipline in the Way of Jesus. Issues relevant to this topic include: What is the cost of dishonesty? When is it safe to confess? What if the other person doesn’t accept honesty? “I haven’t told my parents that I use pot. I [...]
Suicide Prevention
Posted: October 12, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: American Association of Poison Control Centers, Crisis hotline, Disorders, Health, Mental health, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Suicide, Support Groups
Almost inevitably, family members and friends are drawn into the painful world of suicide. In light of the numerous cases of suicide over the last month we think it would be helpful to give some guidelines for families and friends of those who struggle with suicidal ideation. If a family member or friend is acutely [...]
The Trinity Of Depression
Posted: October 4, 2010 in Depression, Spirituality, Youth MinistryTags: Cognition, Cognitive distortion, depression, Disorders, Great Depression, Health, Hope, Mental health, Mood
Beck (1963, 1964) noted the way depressed patients interpreted their current life experiences. The depressed person tended to distort their experiences; they misinterpreted specific, irrelevant events in terms of personal failure, deprivation, or rejection; they tended to greatly exaggerate or overgeneralize any event that bore any semblance of negative information about themselves; they also tended [...]
Personal Inventory (youth pastor life skills series pt.3)
Posted: September 20, 2010 in Depression, Grief, Mental Health, Youth MinistryTags: depression, Emotion, Fear, God, Happiness, Health, Jesus, Motivation
It’s important that we stop from time to time and take a sober look at the that of our life and ministry. Scripture says to be ”sober minded” and that requires a regular honest evaluation of or current state of affairs. The following is not an exhaustive list but will give you a good idea, if [...]
Suicide Grief: Living in the Aftermath of a Suicide
Posted: September 17, 2010 in Depression, Mental Health, Suicide, Teens, Youth MinistryTags: Death, depression, Emotion, Grief, Health, Holy Spirit, Mental health, Suicide
A student’s suicide can be emotionally devastating. Using and modeling healthy coping strategies — such as seeking support — will help you and others on the journey to healing and acceptance. When a student dies, your grief may be heart-wrenching. When a student commits suicide, your reaction may be more complicated. Overwhelming emotions may leave [...]
