Mental Health and the Church

For five straight years I would get a call from a friend in different parts of the country with heartbreaking news of a close friend or associate who had taken their life in an apparent suicide.

Imagine watching television when suddenly the following headline interrupts the program... BREAKING NEWS: Shooter opens fire in elementary school. 

As Joe Padilla visits with pastors and church leaders about mental health recovery, he often finds hearts willing to help, but ill-equipped to do so.