This is my first post on our United Church of Christ Mental Health Network blog. I am honored to be part of the group writing for this blog. I believe that my own experience with mental illness and recovery– my diagnosis is major depression and anxiety disorder – will allow me to make a contribution […]
The Worst Thing and
Becoming Ill, Becoming Well
Alfred North Whitehead images the spirit moving through the “interstices of the brain.” The brain is far from a solid thing. Beneath the skull are hundreds of billions of cells in a rich sea of chemical soup. Cells range from simple in composition and shape to highly complex in form and function. No cell actually […]
Do you do exorcisms?
I’m often present to preside at baptisms, weddings, and funerals. Often it is for people I haven’t known for long and for people with a wide range of religious beliefs. Once I was at a rehearsal for a wedding. I hadn’t known the family long, but even in the short time we had developed a […]
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