United Church of Christ Mental Health Network

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Holidays

The Sunday After Easter

April 22, 2019 by mhn-ucc Leave a Comment

As a parish minister, I always looked forward to the Sunday after Easter more than Easter itself.  Of course Easter is wonderful, the celebration of the very heart of our faith.  Of course wherever I served we had special music, Easter lilies, and my most well-rehearsed sermon of the year.  And of course we had […]

Filed Under: Easter, Stress Tagged With: depression, exhaustion, Holy Week, Mental Health Network, peace, stress, UCC, United Church of Christ

Tears

April 15, 2019 by mhn-ucc Leave a Comment

Sometimes I write poetry.  Here’s a poem I wrote about Mary weeping outside Jesus’ tomb. TearsTears for deathTears for death and fearTears death, fear, and confusionTears for death, fear, confusion, and anticipationTears for death, fear, confusion, anticipation, and surpriseTears for death, fear, confusion, anticipation, surprise, and hopeTears for death, fear, confusion, anticipation, surprise, hope, and […]

Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: Easter, Holy Week, Mental Health Network, Tears, UCC, United Church of Christ

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

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