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Sail through the flood of information with our weekly Resurgence Roundups. Each Friday, we will share a list of articles across ministry tribes that our team has found helpful with the hope of serving you well.

“Rick Warren tells story of son’s suicide on CNN,” by Kate Shellnutt

Christianity Today

Pastor Rick Warren and his wife Kay recently went on CNN and opened up for the first time about details of their son’s tragic suicide, their family’s struggle with grief, and their quest for churches to recognize the reality of mental illness.

“Mental illness and the church: new research on mental health from Lifeway Research,” by Ed Stetzer

The Exchange

In the aftermath of another devastating shooting linked to mental illness, Lifeway has released data from a new study on mental illness and the church. Ed Stetzer writes, “Churches need to stop hiding mental illness. The congregation should be a safe place for those who struggle. We should not be afraid of medicine. We need to end the shame.”

“Don’t inflict help, provide it,” by Ed Batista

Harvard Business Review

Have you ever tried to help someone and only ended up making things worse? Leadership coach Ed Batista outlines a few ways that, even with the best intentions, we can end up “inflicting” help instead of providing it.

“A boy named Humiliation: some wacky, cruel, and bizarre Puritan names,” by Joseph Norwood

Slate

Have you ever considered giving your child the name, “Job-raked-out-of-the-ashes”? How about the name, “Fly-fornication”? Welcome to the world of bizarrely theological Puritan names. This article combs through some historical records to find some of the oddest names the English Puritans came up with. 

ICYMI

Here are the posts we’ve put out here on Resurgence in the last seven days:

• “What I told 7,000 counselors today,” by Mark Driscoll
• “What I wish I’d known about sovereignty, discipleship, and more,” by Yancey Arrington
• “Take the leap,” by Ryan Williams
• “What I wish I’d known about critics, kids, and living hope,” by Levi Lusko
• “Spurgeon on the Ten Commandments,” by Charles Spurgeon
• “What I wish I’d known about satanic attacks, shared leadership, and perfect parenting,” by Chan Kilgore
• “Preaching, sermon prep, and church leadership: ChurchLeaders interview,” by Mark Driscoll

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“God will not let you go,” by Leonce Crump

Desiring God

In this 3-minute video, Atlanta church planter and ReTrain grad Leonce Crump talks about God’s relentless love that secures our place at his table.

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