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The Practice of Grief

February 24, 2020 By Hannah Campbell Gustafson

One of my jobs right now is as Associate Chaplain for Christian and Interfaith Life at Carleton College.  Carleton is a small liberal arts college with about 2000 students.  This term, I was asked to convene some sort of grief group, as an alternate or addition to the closed clinical groups offered by the student […]

Filed Under: Grief Tagged With: Grief, Mental Health Network, rituals, UCC, United Church of Christ

Addiction and Theology: Scientific and Wisdom Perspectives

February 17, 2020 By Rev. Jack Abel

Many of us are concerned about addiction, but struggle clinically and theologically to understand the phenomenon. To the family member, employer, or friend, it looks perplexing at best, and is often experienced as hurtful betrayal or outright defiance of a covenanted relationship. Civic society and social institutions have similarly wrestled with conceptualizations of addicted behavior […]

Filed Under: Addiction Tagged With: Addiction, behavior, healing, Mental Health Network, technology, Theology, UCC, United Church of Christ

Mindful and Intentional

February 10, 2020 By Rev. Dr. Rachael Keefe

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 My baseline of existence is fairly accepting of people, places, and circumstances. I have little patience for technology that doesn’t work the way it is […]

Filed Under: Stress Tagged With: Frustration, Heart, Impatience, Mental Health Network, mindfulness, Romans 15:13, UCC, United Church of Christ

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