Great article. I’d recommend, if you haven’t already, reading “Silencing the Self: Women and Depression” by Dana Crowley Jack. While it describes women experiencing depression in patriarchal marriages, I think the principles can be applied to congregations experiencing depression within church institutions that expect subservience from the congregations (and even those that don’t explicitly expect that).
Great article. I’d recommend, if you haven’t already, reading “Silencing the Self: Women and Depression” by Dana Crowley Jack. While it describes women experiencing depression in patriarchal marriages, I think the principles can be applied to congregations experiencing depression within church institutions that expect subservience from the congregations (and even those that don’t explicitly expect that).
VITAL post needed to be pushed out to all available places and people!!!