"Struggling with prayer that feels powerless against depression or relentless anxiety? In this deeply honest conversation, pastor and author Mark Vroegop (Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy) and biblical counselor Christine Chappell (Midnight Mercies) join Dave & Ann Wilson to share practical hope. They explore why God sometimes seems silent after we pray, how biblical lament invites us to turn, complain, ask, and trust—and why we need community and counseling when hope runs thin. Christine shares how God asked her not to work harder at not being depressed but to walk with Him in the moment, asking “Show me how to live when I feel like I don’t want to live at all” and receiving a fresh sense of hope. Mark explains that waiting on God is learning to live on what you know is true about Him when you don’t know what’s true about your life. Discover the difference between 'safe sadness' and a downward spiral, and simple ways to walk with kids wrestling suicidal thoughts."
FamilyLife Today with Mark Vroegop and Dave & Ann Wilson
Christine Chappell
Christine is a certified biblical counselor and host of the Hope + Help Podcast for the Institute
for Biblical Counseling & Discipleship. She is the author of Midnight Mercies: Walking with
God through Depression in Motherhood as well as several mini-books, including Postpartum
Depression: Hope for a Hard Season and Help! I’ve Been Diagnosed with a Mental Disorder.
She currently serves as a council member for the Biblical Counseling Coalition, and is a regular speaker at women’s events and conferences. Christine lives in South Carolina with her
husband and three children, and is a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Easley.
