The therapeutic class continues to "depress" themselves with nearly every event or bit of news.

The only consequential major "religious" news this year is the continued murder of Christians in the middle east.   And that's not depressing either.   It's terribly sorrowful, but even in this real event, we should rejoice daily that God is drawing nearer to us.   These Christians are choosing to die for Christ. 

How infrequently do we the comfortable "die" in little ways for Christ.   Dying to our vanity, our desire prop up our ego, dying to our desire to slake every appetite right away.