Spiritual Practices and Mental Health: A Matched Pair There appears to be a “great gulf fixed” between spiritual practices and mental health. I attempt to merge spiritual practices with mental health. Spiritual practice helped me overcome fear of death. As a 25-year-old pastor I officiated at 58 funerals in one year. Death haunted me day and night. I struggled with inordinate fear of dying. I dreamed of being in the funeral procession headed to a country, cedar-lined cemetery and... Read more