About Patrick Bailey

Patrick Bailey is a professional writer mainly in the fields of mental health, addiction, and living in recovery. He attempts to stay on top of the latest news in the addiction and the mental health world and enjoy writing about these topics to break the stigma associated with them.

Prayer: The Best Way to Keep Your Mental Health

Posted on January 15, 2019 Written by Patrick Bailey Leave a Comment

While it would be foolhardy to expect to cure mental illness or drug addiction purely through petitioning the Lord, it can be an important part of the overall treatment plan.

How to Help People with a Substance Abuse Problem through the Bible

Posted on August 8, 2018 Written by Patrick Bailey Leave a Comment

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What I learned about the church from a cruise ship

I recently returned from a cruise to Bermuda from the Baltimore harbor. It was my first experience of being on the open ocean during the day where there is a 360° view of nothing but water and an occasional ship. To be on that ship in relatively calm weather, with the blue sea all around […]

Oswald Chambers on the disciplined life

Oswald Chambers points to Our Lord Himself as the example of a disciplined life.

On the need for a prophetic voice

The bottom line is that I need a prophetic voice in my life. So, I guess I’m OK with my pastor making me feel uncomfortable. Perhaps in this I am in a minority.

Giving them reason to blaspheme

The church has given non-believers cause to blaspheme the name of God. How have we done this and how can this error be avoided?

Humble and Contrite?

I don’t think that we can place too much stress on Jesus’ statement about the responsibility for building the church. It is his; he claimed the responsibility and the resurrection proved that he has the power to do it. Maybe we should spending more time in prayer asking him how he wants us to participate in that building than we do in building our own strategies.

How does Christ fill the office of a priest?

Question 25 of the Westminster Shorter Catechism asks, How does Christ fill the office of a priest?