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Psalm 66:15 (Common English Bible)
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Biblical Guides for Mental Health

5/17/2019

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Young boy reading bible.
Reading, meditating and living scripture passages early in life can plant seeds for future comfort in difficult situations. -- Photo by Samantha Sophia on Unsplash
by Michael Edgar Myers, Founding Director
Cami Myers, an intern with Kingdom Impact Theater Ministries, has been compiling resources and recommendations for individuals managing mental health challenges and posting them in a series of online essays we call “A Collegian’s Guide to Mental Health.”

We outlined Cami's background and how these essays came to be in an earlier post, "College, Ministry & Stress."  Today, we provide access to the essays themselves and Biblical connections the KIT Ministries staff made while editing them.

Although the essays are not “Christian” in nature, reading them revealed parallels between the practical concepts and Bible basics. There are seven scriptures related to the contents of the four essays themselves, and three other principles that provide perspective on Cami’s spiritual health journey summarized in the four essays.

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A Handel on Flash Mobs

12/14/2018

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Handel Messiah Manuscript
George Friderik Handel's "Messiah," is a Christmas classic that began as an Easter concert.
​Imagine going about your daily activities of life -- school, shopping, work, dining -- and suddenly the sky around you bursts into song:  a voice here, a voice there, until the entire sky is filled with powerful harmonies singing repeatedly  the same set of lyrics, delivering a message.

What would you do?  Sit slack-jawed!  Complain?  Hide?   Join in? Call the authorities? Utter a sentence starting with "What the..."?
​
The shepherds tending flocks on the silent night on the hills above Bethlehem faced this situation.  In their case, "What the...?" may not have been  an unreasonable response.
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This song is one of 61 on the playlist of “Carol Story,” a 10-minute play that tells the life of Christ solely through Christmas lyrics as dialogue. Learn More about "Carol Story" and "Carol Story: The Easter Edition."

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Carol Story: Songs of "The Night"

12/10/2018

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"O, Holy Night" by Danny Gokey: From worship leader to recording evangelist.
This carol is one of 61 on the playlist of "Carol Story,"  a 10-minute play that tells the story of Christ solely through lyrics of Christmas songs as dialogue.  Learn More.

"O Holy Night" is an English translation of the French carol "Le Christien Minuit" that was translated and became a rallying cry of abolitionists during the Civil War. The third verse of "O Holy Night" was a direct Christian call to eradicate slavery, a sentiment that led to the song begin edited  or outright banned in some sections of the country. We address this story more in our production, "Freedom Song." ​

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Carol Story:  The First Noel

12/8/2018

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Rhema Marvanne, Aged 7
Rhema Marvanne, aged seven, performs "The First Noel" live. Little girl. Big voice.
This carol is one of 61 on the playlist of "Carol Story,"  a 10-minute play that tells the story of Christ solely through lyrics of Christmas songs as dialogue.  Learn More.

"The First Noel" is based mostly in Luke's Chapter 2 account of the heavenly host of angels announcing the birth of Christ to shepherds. (Enjoy the story.)

To get a good grasp of what happened, put yourself in place of the shepherds: You and some close pals are out camping, in your suburban backyard, or, like, hiding out on the rooftop of a parking garage. Where ever you are the sky is pretty black except for a few twinkle, twinkle little stars, because you're away from city-lights distortion. Then:​

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What's So Good About Morning?

9/6/2018

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Woman runs early along a river bank.
Vikki's early-morning training run along banks of the Fox River in Batavia, IL. (2014)

by Vikki J. Myers, Co-Founder, Worship Leader
I am not a morning person.  My husband is. Even when I arise before he does, he manages to be awake before I am.
​ I do not function until coffee.  To my husband, coffee merely expedites his pre-dawn functions.

 Michael is the kind of morning person who not only arises early, he speaks early, carries on dissertations, verbalizes op-ed opinion pieces or sermonettes before sunrise, often finishing with, "What do you think?"  (Another chapter from the “Things They Don’t Tell You Before Marriage” Dept.)

There is, however, one thing I do (to my knowledge) that throws off his morning routine.  When my phone alarm goes off.  Usually it’s a ringtone from my playlist; often at the crescendo of a song blaring like reveille (a remnant from my Army brat upbringing).  A song I’ve sometimes used is Mary, Mary’s “Get Up!”

Get Up:  The Lyrics 

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    ​Many are reprints from our newsletter, The KIT 'n' Kaboodle, or Facebook notes over time.

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