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The Bible is filled with examples of God caring for our mental health - it’s time to talk about it

By 2023-02-06T09:30:00

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Author Rachael Newham explains the Christians often miss the Bible out of conversations on mental health, and explains that it has to stop.

Last week was a day dedicated to the Time to Change campaign. It aimed to get people to have conversations about mental health in their homes, workplaces neighbourhoods. 

Since it began, alongside other awareness raising work, I believe there has been a shift in the conversation about mental health. Where once the phrase was only uttered by medical professionals, it’s now common parlance everywhere from parliament to the local park. I’ve been refelcting on the day and I think, for Christians, there is something we always miss out of conversations on mental health. The Bible.

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