Praying For The One FOR THE ONE Brian and Nancy began attending Eastside in 2020, right around Father’s Day. Like so many others, they were looking for community and a place to grow their faith. What started as a personal step quickly grew into something more. They began to sense a calling—not just to attend, […]
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Searching for help finding God Shamar’s story I had a lot of trauma growing up. I even went to therapy—it helped a little, but not enough. I was still carrying pain that nothing seemed to fix. Then one day, I walked into a store and picked up a Bible. No one told me to. I
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I am not my diagnosis of bipolar disorder Mental Health Crisis Suicide Ideation Angela found herself in a season where she felt hopeless and was struggling with suicidal ideation. Read her story…… I didn’t want to live anymore. And that was a hard thing to grasp—let alone say out loud. Even after being diagnosed with
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I was molested as a child but not allowed to talk about it. So, it was something I had to keep to myself. I felt very isolated, scared, and alone. I had very low self-esteem and found myself experiencing depression and suicidal ideation. Even as a child, I just wanted to die. I needed to
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Is Suicide A Sin? When I was 21 years old, I became the associate pastor of a small church of about 250 people in West Central Illinois. I spent the next four years of my life serving at that church. One of the most positive aspects of my experience in that church was serving alongside