United Church of Christ Mental Health Network

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Grace & Forgiveness

A-typical Love Post by Mabel Laird

February 13, 2023 by Kirk Moore

What do you get when you cross someone who is neurologically atypical with someone with mood disorders? The answer is (of course) that the possibilities are endless. But the answer I live is: a best-friendship of many years, a marriage that makes love songs seem real, a partnership based on trust and grown by support. […]

Filed Under: Community, Grace & Forgiveness, Love, Mental Health, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ

The Lord Has Done Great Things for Us, and We Are Glad Indeed by Hillary Doerries

October 26, 2020 by Kirk Moore

The Lord Has Done Great Things for Us, and We Are Glad Indeed: Loving and Serving Others Through Times of Mental Illness Just before Christmas in 2014, I feared for my life at my own hands. I was somehow granted the mindfulness in that moment to check myself into a psychiatric hospital. One afternoon, my […]

Filed Under: clergy, Depression, Grace & Forgiveness, Mental Health Network, UCC, Uncategorized, United Church of Christ

Praying for the President by Vicki K. Harvey

October 5, 2020 by Kirk Moore

From the moment of hearing President Trump’s Covid diagnosis, I’ve been struggling with my spiritual state. I admit it would be pretend praying, or going through the motions, to send supplications heavenward for his rapid healing, his relief from pain and anxiety, and his comfort and peace. This man, who gleefully mocks the struggles of […]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Grace & Forgiveness, Mental Health, Mental Health Network, Prayer, UCC, United Church of Christ

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