2018-10-010Comments

My Honest Conversation with Michael Patton About Wanting to Die

An Honest and Vulnerable Prayer God, please kill me. This is a prayer I prayed with tears in my eyes for two and a half hours early Monday morning. Please. I will never ask...

2018-09-050Comments

Hope in Lamenting: When Life Has No Easy Answers

Sometimes, there’s no easy answer—or an answer at all!—for life’s hardest questions, especially for a Christian. I doubt no one really wants to know the reason...

2018-08-23121Comments

Do People Who Commit Suicide Go to Hell?

Here is an email question that I received with the response to follow: Good Afternoon: I am writing to you under emotional pangs, as I wrestle with the Scriptures, and what I...

by C Michael Patton

Depression

Suicide

2014-09-0966Comments

Suicidal Thoughts on Suicide

“Your packing a suitcase to a place that none of us has been. A place that has to be believed to be seen.” -Bono “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” I have needed to...

2013-04-07131Comments

The Asphyxiation of Hope: Matthew Warren (1986-2013)

I got the news on the road to Florida. My family and I, along with my mother, are in Florida for the Gospel Coalition conference. After this, we will head directly to Dallas,...

2012-06-1914Comments

Depression – When We Want to Die

For many of us, “Monday morning blues” simply refers to that mild sadness many of us feel when the weekend break is over. The prospect of a long week of the daily...

by C Michael Patton

Christian Life

Suicide

2010-08-2018Comments

For those considering suicide . . .

Considering how much my last post on suicide is being read combined with how many personal emails I am getting from the P&P audience about this, I thought I would update...

2010-06-3044Comments

Why is God So Silent?

If I were in charge of the universe, I would most certainly do things differently. Hey, this is a given. God already said that his ways are not my ways. I also know that his...

by C Michael Patton

Personal (Michael Patton)

Suffering and Pain

Suicide

2010-01-0821Comments

A Grief Letter to My Sister Angie (1969-2004)

Dear Angie, We just passed the 6 year anniversary of your death. I guess it was the evening of January 4, 2004 (that is what the medical examiner said), but Kristie (your...

by C Michael Patton

Christian Life

Personal (Michael Patton)

Suffering and Pain

Suicide

2009-05-1429Comments

She Died of Sadness

I heard the song on the radio today. “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan. I hate that song. Every time it comes on, I change it. I usually don’t run from such pain,...

by C Michael Patton

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