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Reflections by Michael J. Scholtes, Author / Pastor / Speaker
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Previously on… During my first semester of college, I went through a deep depression. I was in a great deal of emotional pain and guilt, blaming myself and hating myself so much, that it seemed like the only way out was suicide. I was scared to keep on living. But…
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An Unexpectedly Meh Day
Today was the kind of day I always look forward to. I had nothing on my schedule. I got all my steps in easily. I…
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Finding a Rhythm
It’s now day six of my medical leave. The first week is coming to an end. It’s been odd…I don’t think it’s hit me in…
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Dark night: Day 2 of my medical leave
So today is the second day of my medical leave, and I have some very conflicted feelings about this. In one way, I am very…
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Hope we can Count On
This is an adapted form of my sermon from Sunday, January 1, 2017, the First Sunday of Christmas. The gospel reading was Matthew 2:13-23, the…
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I’m Michael, the author of this blog. I search for meaning through walking labyrinths, through exploring my Christian faith and my experience of depression, through preaching, and through writing about it for you.
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