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On Future Art and Compassion Resilience

December 31, 2018 by mhn-ucc Leave a Comment

Last week, I went to an information session on a curriculum for organizations or schools on “compassion resilience”. I was there to think about ways in which this toolkit, or some of the pieces in it, might be used in the organization of which I’m director, and I’m looking forward to using some of the […]

Filed Under: Healthy Living, Mental Health, New Year Tagged With: compassion, Compassion resilience, Mental Health Network, Self-care, UCC, United Church of Christ

Joy in a Cave

December 24, 2018 by mhn-ucc Leave a Comment

The first time I ever understood the Nativity, I was in a village called Yanoun, in the hills above the West Bank city of Nablus. I was there to visit friends who were serving, on behalf of the World Council of Churches, as nonviolent accompaniers alongside the Palestinian villagers. We were given a tour of […]

Filed Under: Advent & Christmas Tagged With: Christmas, Mental Health Network, Palestine, resilience, UCC, United Church of Christ

Welcoming All

December 17, 2018 by mhn-ucc Leave a Comment

For people living with mental or physical illness, as well as those who are grieving or struggling with problems in their lives, Christmas can be a difficult.  The way one really feels is at odds with the message of the season to rejoice and celebrate.  Instead of joy, one feels isolated and excluded, sadness is […]

Filed Under: Advent & Christmas, Community, Hope Tagged With: Blue Christmas, exclusion, Grief, isolation, Longest Night, Mental Health Network, sadness, UCC, United Church of Christ

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