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UNITY DESPITE DIFFERENCES
UNITY DESPITE DIFFERENCES: All that said, continue to do the best you can with unity. Make the changes you feel called to make, regardless of your church size, budget, setting, or denomination. This is, after all, a generation that has been marketed to more than any...
Church Faux Paus Millennials Hate
Church Faux Paus Millennials Hate Every person who speaks or writes for the public will make an occasional faux pas, and sooner or later will write or say something inappropriate. Dennis Prager But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing...
PREVENTING FUTURE RISK
PREVENTING FUTURE RISK There are a few steps that we can take to help in preventing and lessening the increase of the suicide rates from mental illnesses. One way is to identify and support people at risk and as well as to break away from the stigma. Change starts...
COPING WITH THE ANOMALIES
COPING WITH THE ANOMALIES Experts agree that teaching people how to process loss and coping with different emotions are essential in suicide prevention. Though this is not a general solution and this may only apply to those with mild cases since depression and the...
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT CAUSES OF SADNESS, SUICIDE AND THE DEPRESSED
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT CAUSES OF SADNESS, SUICIDE AND THE DEPRESSED Suicide just doesn’t affect the host; it affects others that lie closely with the host. Causes of sadness and suicide threats should be taken seriously whether the threat may be big or small. The truth...
UNDERSTANDING THE RISE OF SUICIDE
UNDERSTANDING THE RISE OF SUICIDE The inability to cope with stress and unhappiness is rampant across the younger age group. High levels of loneliness, gun violence, sexual harassment, assault, social media, peers, work, finances, and health concerns are a huge threat...
DEPRESSION: THE MONSTER WITHIN MANY
PRESSION: THE MONSTER WITHIN MANY Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in the U.S., as it affects a large sum of people coming from different walks of life. According to the World Health Organization, almost 300 million people around the world have...
Generation with the Highest Rate for Suicide and Depression
Generation with the Highest Rate for Suicide and Depression: Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I can do all things through him who strengthens me....
BELIEFS AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL ERA
BELIEFS AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL ERA “Spiritual but not religious,” (McClure, 2017)—that is how millennials often times refer to themselves when asked of their religious beliefs. As mentioned earlier in this chapter, this generation is the most exposed to the vast...
