Before the homeless can help themselves, they must get out of this cycle of stress. And this is where we, as representatives of Christ, can help. Probably the best way we can describe a beneficial ministry to the homeless is one in which their stress is reduced, so they can...

  Here is a free manual for Christian individuals who would like to help the homeless.  It answers the questions: Who are the homeless? How do I best minister to the homeless? How do I deal with difficult situations?   To download a pdf of the book, click this link:...

Transforming the Mind What helps the mentally ill? The first answer that most people usually come up with to mental illness is “medication”. Medication can help the mentally ill in many cases, even completely cure them. For others, however, medication helps only in a limited way, while inducing a number...

What I Would, That Do I Not What does it mean to be mentally ill? We all have mental weaknesses. All of us have areas in our lives in which we are, admittedly, irrational and difficult to deal with. We all, at times, do things that others are uncomfortable with,...

What is mental illness? For many, it is acting like a child, when one is an adult. Many mentally ill people act oddly for an adult—but the same behavior in a child would be understood. In many ways, a mentally ill person acts like a child—with tantrums, threats, inappropriate questions...

Culture Shock Approximately 30 to 50 percent of the homeless are committed, baptized Christians. Yet most of us don’t see them, or even the working class, in our churches. This is not because the homeless or the lower social class don’t go to church. Rather, they have their own churches....