Hayley, Deepak and Garrett talk about depression and how to think about depression as complicated suffering.

Topics Discussed

00:00 – Introduction & Biblical Framework

03:31 – Depression as a Continuum: Situational vs. Dispositional

07:27 – Idolatry and Sorrow: Where Do They Intersect?

12:00 – Chronic Depression and the Role of Suffering

17:00 – Complicated Suffering

23:00 – The “Middle Ground” Experience

33:22 – Joy Reframed: Hopeful Stability

34:00 – Application for Pastors, Saints, and Sufferers

Resources mentioned:

Depression: Finding Christ in the Darkness by Ed Welch (31-day Devotional)

Depression: Looking Up from the Stubborn Darkness by Ed Welch

“Tortured, Imperfect, and Held by Jesus”  article by Garrett Kell