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The Ever-Present Affliction of Spiritual Depression
Clinical depression borders on being an epidemic in our world. Consider that about 15 million adults in the United States…
Author Mike Eisenbath
Mike Eisenbath
Mike Eisenbath has been married to Donna for 30 years; they have four adult children and two grandsons. He was an award-winning sportswriter for 23 years, including 18 at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch with duties that included covering the St. Louis Cardinals and Major League Baseball. Severe depression forced him out of that career. He continues to write, with a monthly column in the St. Louis Review and his www.eisenbath.com website featuring reflections on topics such as his Catholic faith and mental illness. Mike is a frequent speaker and radio guest involving those subjects. Among his three books is Hence My Eyes Are Turned Toward You: Confronting Depression With Faith and the Prayer of Jehoshaphat.
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A Matter Of Penance or Radical Permission
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A Figure Of Deep, Genuine Mercy
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Being Squeezed into (I Hope) Fine Wine
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The Saint Knows: God is All You Need
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We Must Listen to the Voice of the Lord
Suddenly, quite surprisingly, I find myself deep in despair. Despair for my family and friends. Despair for my parish and…
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The Simple Approach is Best
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The Place to Turn for Truly Good News
For quite a while, I’ve tried to give up watching the news on TV each night. My radio almost always…
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Nothing ‘Automatic’ About Sacramental Marriage
By now, every Catholic — and a whole bunch of non-Catholics — are aware the Church faces a vocations crisis.…
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We All Need Our Daily Bread
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