"Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour and my God" ( Psalm 42:5 ). The Bible does not pretend that believers never feel crushed. The psalms are full of people talking honestly to God from the bottom of a pit. These four stories about depression, retold in our own words, come from a president, a pop star, an actress and a novelist. None of them is a neat success story. Each shows that depression can touch anyone, that being admired from the outside does not cure the darkness inside, and that help and hope are real. We close each one with a takeaway for preaching or reflection. For further reading, Sopranu has thoughtful pieces on Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy and on Lori Gottlieb's Maybe You Should Talk to Someone . Stories in this post: They Were Depressed: An Imaginary Dinner Party of Famous Names Judith Durham: A Star Who Hated Her Reflection Angelina Jolie: Finding Purpo...
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