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I Hope You Will Know: To My Daughter, From Her Bipolar Father by David Finnegan-Hosey

December 14, 2020 By David Finnegan-Hosey

Dearest Laila, Just over a month ago, you joined us here on land, and we couldn’t have been more excited and grateful to meet you. You are too young to read this right now — your curious eyes are just learning to search out the contrasts between light and dark, fascinated by the black rim […]

Filed Under: Bipolar Disorder, clergy, Hope, Love, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ

Small Joys

July 13, 2020 By Hannah Campbell Gustafson

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 […]

Filed Under: Hope, Joy, Love, Trauma, UCC, United Church of Christ

Hate is not a mental illness, but love is connected to mental healthiness

August 19, 2019 By Rev. Dr. Tim Ahrens

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 […]

Filed Under: Love, Mental Health, Trauma Tagged With: Amy Barnhorst, hate, Jamie Ducharme, love not hate, mass shootings, Mental Health Network, mental illness, Pete Earley, shooters, Tim Ahrens, UCC

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