No More Depressed Pastors!

This channel exists because I was left alone when I most needed someone to be there for me.
I'm Alan Danielson. I started in pastoral ministry in 1990. In 2016 I was fired from a church for being depressed. Eventually my depressive behaviors ended my marriage, wrecked my family and nearly took my life. 
I tried to die. 
But I lived. 
God spared me.
I'm still here.
And I'm not wasting this second chance.
If you're a pastor who is drowning, this channel is for you. Not soft encouragement. Not motivational fluff. Just honest, hard-won truth from someone who has been all the way to the bottom and by God's grace, found a way back.
Topics include pastoral depression, burnout, mental health, spiritual warfare, marriage under pressure, and what nobody tells you about the calling.
Subscribe if you're ready to do hard work.