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“Stranger Things” Has Come to Church By Rev. Dr. Tim Ahrens

October 17, 2022 By Rev. Dr. Tim Ahrens

Beginning on Netflix in July 2016, Stranger Things is a psychological thriller set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana, during the 1980s. The nearby Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy, but secretly does experiments into the paranormal and supernatural, including those that involve human test subjects – all of whom are […]

Filed Under: clergy, COVID-19, Faith, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Mental Health Network, Pandemic, Stress, UCC, United Church of Christ

Health is Health by Kirk Moore

September 19, 2022 By Kirk Moore

I’m not too old.  I’m also not young.  I’m healthy most of the time.  But not always, and maybe not as much as I thought. The last couple of years have been taxing on my health.  Changed patterns, added stress in some places, reduced in others, significant changes in the way people engage or don’t […]

Filed Under: Community, Healthy Living, Mental Health, Mental Health Network, Pandemic, self care, Stress, UCC, United Church of Christ

Swimming by Kirk Moore

July 4, 2022 By Kirk Moore

In March of 2020 I stopped going to the local fitness club.  Prior to then, I had been swimming several days a week and the exercise and the solitude grounded me, balanced me, and gave me peace.  It took a while, but over the last 2+ years of the pandemic, while I missed swimming, I […]

Filed Under: Healthy Living, Mental Health, Mental Health Network, Pandemic, self care, UCC, United Church of Christ

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