My spouse and our daughter and pup and I are in the woods at a family cabin for the weekend. This, our little building in the woods with no electricity or plumbing, this is my favorite place in the world. We decided to spend our daughter’s second birthday here. We’re eating lots of watermelon and […]
Love
Hate is not a mental illness, but love is connected to mental healthiness
As I write for this blog, I find myself at a loss. I am amazed and astounded by the stories I read and which you share. Quite frankly, they blow me away. I feel like a pretender among truth-tellers. My story is based more on the struggles of family members who battle mental health conditions than my own struggles. As […]
Finding Hope in the Aftermath…Again
“White supremacy is not a mental illness. This week alone, 34 people are dead, and 67 more are wounded because white men full of hatred shot up innocent people in public places. We live in a country where the government sanctions mass shootings by refusing to limit access to guns and blaming mental illness when […]
God’s Embrace
My daughter was probably not more than a few days old when her mother made the decision to place her for adoption in China. Although I never had the opportunity to visit the orphanage where she lived, I did have the opportunity to meet the nannies that had cared for her. Love is a universal […]
Loving Depression
As a social worker and as one who wrote a master’s thesis on mental health in the church, I’ve done a lot of reading and thinking about these topics. I’ve preached sermons about mental health and healing, I’ve read articles about people who choose not to take medication for their mental health, and I’ve had […]