Bestselling author and megachurch Pastor Rick Warren preached his first sermon since the suicide of his son nearly four months ago, and vowed to help remove the stigma of mental illness in the church.

Rick Warren has preached thousands upon thousands of sermons, but this message was different. The last time he had stood the pulpit at his Saddleback Church, in Southern California, was on Easter, ...

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