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December 10, 2022 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #casualenglishbible.com, #stephenmmiller, Christmas, depression, sad

Does Christmas get sadder
as we get older?

THOSE WE’VE LOST. I took this photo of my brother a few years ago, at our uncle’s funeral. Then, two years ago, I buried this brother. Six months after that, my other brother. Is this why the older we get, the more we feel sad on those …

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as we get older?
map of Paul's early travels
April 4, 2014 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #stephenmmiller, Antioch, Apostle Paul, author, bible, Bible interpretation, books, Christianity, christians, church, Damascus, depression, Giving up, God, jerusalem, jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord, Missionary, Mount Sinai, paul, persecution of Christians, Tarsus

St. Paul, patron of itchy feet

I DIDN’T REALIZE IT, but the apostle Paul was a traveling man long before he logged those 10,000 miles (16,000 km) on his missionary trips. I didn’t fully get that until I started working on a map for an upcoming book (not the quick map I created …

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Smashed mailbox
April 2, 2014 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #stephenmmiller, author, bible, Bible interpretation, books, Christianity, church, depression, Giving up, God, jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord

For anyone about to give up

I HAVE A NEIGHBOR with a troubled son about to turn 18. Strangest thing. The boy’s dad, who’s a wonderful neighbor, told me the judicial system gave up on his boy. The youngster was on probation for drug possession. He also had some problems with a …

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free hugs
March 24, 2014 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #stephenmmiller, author, bible, Bible interpretation, books, Christianity, church, compassion, depression, God, hug, hugs, jesus, Jesus Christ, kindness, Lord

God: May I please have a hug?

WHAT ONE QUESTION would you ask God? That’s what I wanted to know. I sent out the word through my social media outlets. Readers fired back a bunch of questions. But one question, from Janelle Timko, did something to me. I felt something physical, …

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woman and child
February 24, 2014 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #stephenmmiller, bible, books, Christianity, church, depressed, depression, forgive, forgiveness, God, Jesus Christ, Lord, roman empire, Romans, sin, Sunday, worried, worry, worship

Does God really forgive me?

WE’VE DONE TERRIBLE THINGS, many of us. Probably most of us. Maybe all of us. No wonder I recently got dished up this question: If I could ask God one thing, I would ask “Does He really forgive me?” I picked this as the Bible question of the week …

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man playing sax
August 20, 2013 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, blues, depressed, depression, God, Sand

Sick and tired and singing the blues to God

MONDAY WAS A TOUGH DAY for me. Emotionally. I blogged that wrenching Bible Q&A from a friend of mine in terrible physical pain. Nancy L: ‘I wish I could just die.’ Then I got emails and private messages from others—friends as well as …

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depressed woman
April 18, 2013 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, christian, depression, music, sadness, songs

Singin’ a song in the dumps

LIKE MANY OF YOU I feel a bit helpless these days. In our free society, we can’t always stop the bad guys from doing bad things that hurt us. Nor can we always get the supposedly good guys to do the good things that help us. Are you reading this, …

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Boston Marathon bombing.
April 17, 2013 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, christian, depression, disappointment, God, violence

When it feels like we’re done

I HAD LUNCH with my son yesterday. We talked about the Boston Marathon bombing, of course. I asked if he had watched the news and looked at the online photos. He had. He cried. Like many of us. He said one brief scene in a video clip tipped him over. …

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statue in iceland
November 9, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: bible, bible study, christian, depression, kindness

Kind words for depressed souls

HERE’S MY CLUE that people in my neighborhood are still depressed about the election. Not only are all the Romney signs still up in front yards—two sets in one yard—I’d swear some new Romney signs have popped up out of nowhere. There was only one …

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August 30, 2012 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: depression, Isaiah, prophet

A prophet for depressed folks today

THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR DAY in my life when I felt: Overwhelmed Alone Exhausted—mostly from depression and stress I was twentysomething. I’d give you the backstory, but why bother. You’ve probably been there, too. Instead, let me pass along the …

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