‘Blessed are the flexible’: Clark County faith leaders reflect on pandemic, hopes for the future By Scott Hewitt, Columbian Arts & Features Reporter
Published: April 4, 2021, 6:00am
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Rabbi Elizabeth Dunsker can see everybody’s mouths moving, but the only singing she hears is her own.
That’s a lonely sound when you’re in the people-gathering business, said the spiritual leader of Congregation Kol Ami, Clark County’s largest Jewish temple. She has been leading Friday night worship services online over Zoom in the year since the pandemic curtailed gathering in person.
Ben Courson is a bestselling author, a TV and radio personality, an international speaker, founder of Hope Generation. | YouTube/HopeGeneration
Pastor Ben Courson has shared how his struggles with mental illness and suicidal ideation compelled him to help others understand that they, too, can “defeat the dark lord of depression” with God’s help.
Courson, founder of Hope Generation and Pastor of Applegate Christian Fellowship, recently revealed on “The Crazy Happy Podcast,” a new show from Daniel Fusco and the Edifi Podcast Network, that he understands firsthand what it’s like to feel “broken.”
Though he grew up a happy kid, Courson said that when he entered the ministry at age 18, he began to struggle with depression and began “flirting with suicide.
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Vancouver’s Crossroads Church pastor pens “Crazy Happy”
He hopes Jesus’ teachings on happiness offer succor
Published: February 28, 2021, 6:03am
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Rev. Daniel Fusco didn’t anticipate that his book “Crazy Happy” would be released a year into a pandemic and amidst political upheaval, but he sees God’s handiwork in the timing.
He hopes the book examining Jesus’ teachings about happiness helps people during this difficult time even if they don’t consider themselves Christian.
“Jesus is one of the most famous teachers, historically, no matter what you believe about who he may or may not have been,” Fusco said.
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