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The Second Greatest Commandment

November 12, 2018 By Karl Shallowhorn

It was about a month ago that I received a text message from an old friend. She shared that a good friend of hers’ son was in the midst of a mental health crisis and asked if I would be willing to speak with her. As is my custom I did not hesitate to reply, […]

Filed Under: Community, Support Tagged With: Bipolar, Fellowship, John Lennon, Love, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ

The Reality of a Child

November 5, 2018 By Rev. Lisa LeSueur

I always wake my daughter up in the morning by gently touching her shoulder and giving her a five-minute warning that I’ll be back and expect her to be up and about. One day last week, when I touched her on the shoulder, she bolted upright in bed and sleepily told me “Mom, they shot […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Mental Health, Stress Tagged With: Immigration, Mental Health Network, Sexual abuse, stress, trauma, UCC, United Church of Christ, war

Called to Healing

October 22, 2018 By David Finnegan-Hosey

“Jesus stood still and said, ‘Call him here.’ And they called the blind man, saying to him, ‘Take heart; get up, he is calling you.” – Mark 10:49 This coming Sunday’s lectionary texts contain the story of Bartimaeus, one which has taken on a particularly important meaning for me as I have learned to live […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Recovery Tagged With: healing, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ, wholeness

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