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Mental Health

A Christmas of Promise by Karl Shallowhorn

December 21, 2020 by Kirk Moore

It was December 25, 1981. I was a mere 19 years old and I was already in my second psychiatric hospitalization of the year, the first being in the previous February through March. As with the first stay, I was in the Buffalo General Hospital Community Mental Health Center. I had experienced another psychotic episode […]

Filed Under: Advent & Christmas, Bipolar Disorder, Holidays, Hope, Mental Health, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ

COVID and Candles by Bob Griggs

December 7, 2020 by Kirk Moore

At my church, First UCC in Northfield, Minnesota, I watched the lighting of the first two Advent candles, symbolizing hope and peace, via our Zoom worship and will watch the lighting of the candles for the last two Sundays in Advent the same way. This is the reality of Advent in 2020, the Advent of […]

Filed Under: Church, clergy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Hope, Mental Health, Mental Health Network, Pandemic, self care, Stress, UCC, United Church of Christ

A Little Rest by Kirk Moore

November 23, 2020 by Kirk Moore

I’m a little worn out.  You may be a little or a lot worn out, too.  I don’t think my ‘worn out’ is more imortant than yours.  It’s just the only ‘worn out’ that I can expereince. And I’m taking a little rest. Since March 15, I’ve become the executive producer of a weekly video […]

Filed Under: Church, clergy, Mental Health, Mental Health Network, self care, UCC, United Church of Christ

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