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A Few Observations From My Recent Time in the Pit

January 27, 2017Mike Leake 3 Comments

After a few weeks of pretty deep depression I’m beginning to see the light again. I’m still not totally sure what the source of this latest bout actually was. Likely overworking and overthinking connected with a healthy dose of forgetting… Continue Reading →

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community, depression, God's love, love, relationships

When You Have a Case of the Monday’s on Sunday

January 18, 2017Mike Leake 4 Comments

I’ve read (and even written) a fair share of articles on how to survive Monday morning as a pastor. Monday’s can be absolutely brutal. Part of it is an adrenaline crash the other part is that it’s just a brutal… Continue Reading →

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Why We Need Less “Honesty” And More Worship

January 11, 2017Mike Leake 2 Comments

In a recent conversation between Bono and Eugene Peterson, the U2 front man said this: “I’m talking about dishonesty that I find a lot of in Christian art. A lot of dishonesty. And I think it’s a shame because these… Continue Reading →

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culture, depression, music, Psalms, suffering, the gospel

When Your Depressed Friend Twists God’s Word

December 19, 2016Mike Leake 2 Comments

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength —who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?— he who removes mountains, and they know it not, when he overturns them in his anger, who shakes the earth out of its… Continue Reading →

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