We took a whirlwind 24-hour trip to see family this weekend. My dad will be celebrating his 90th birthday this year but it falls near the due date of his first great-grandchild and my daughter's commencement. My sister and brother-in-law planned a surprise party for him on Saturday night, so we flew up for the celebration and flew back the next morning. On the flight up, I started reading Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church's Mission by Amy Simpson. David Murray recommended this book in the Q&A at our recent theology conference as a good resource for growing in empathy and understanding. The copy I was reading was for the church library. I need to get one for myself. When it comes to mental illness, Amy Simpson knows firsthand the struggles of a family with mental illness. Her mother's diagnosis of schizophrenia came after years of hospitalizations and medications. She renounced Christianity, pursued the occult, and went missing only to be found in a shelt...