I was concerned about our collective mental health before Covid (see my book Wholeheartedness) and now I’m downright dismayed. Covid-trauma (incl. depression, anxiety, addiction, malnutrition, abuse) coupled with a lack of access to good wholistic care (inability to afford

...counseling, meds, healthy food, addiction treatment) and exacerbated by ineffective leadership in DC means that loving our neighbors may just mean that churches get radically local asking “who is my neighbor and what are their needs?”

The family that drives 5 miles to your church from the suburbs may be better than those in the apartment complex next door. How will the church see the mental health of their community as core to mission? Can Covid awaken us to our neighbors?