Please, collectively, push our politicians to support federal mental heath care.

I'm asking everyone to ask their congressman and senators to push for federal mental health care, and to try to get other people to as well.

I have a friend who has an evangelism gift. The Lord called him to evangelize the major city near where we live.

I have been going with him for several months.

Most of what we have been doing is caring for the homeless and evangelizing to them. A huge portion of the homeless are people with mental health problems. Some are mild, many are severe. I'm normally against a nanny state or government spending, but I think we need to try to get the federal government to set up something like the VA for mental healthcare to take care of people who can't take care of themselves. I think that is a good use of taxpayer dollars. I know people in prison ministry and a large portion of people in the prison system are people with severe mental health problems too.

I know that, in the past, some mental hospitals abused people, and that was bad. They will need oversight. That potential for abuse isn't a good reason to not have facilities and care.

Ideally, families and churches would care for these folks. Some are probably beyond the ability of a family to care for, and some are too violent.

Please consider making this a focus for you and your church. There is a great need.