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Suicide

I am With You on the Journey By Rev. Dr. Tim Ahrens

March 1, 2021 By Rev. Dr. Tim Ahrens

It has been 18 months since I have written for this blog. As I read the powerful and thoughtful words of contributors to the UCC Mental Health Network blog, I am struck each week by the honesty, the vulnerability and the depth of each writer. They are stories of struggle and victory, stories of parenting […]

Filed Under: Mental Health Network, Suicide, Support, UCC, United Church of Christ

Katie and Zach were Beautiful

April 20, 2020 By Rev. Dr. Tim Ahrens

My friends, Ed and Jeff have lost a daughter and a son to suicide.  Ed’s daughter, Katie battled bi-polar disorder.  Jeff’s son Zach suffered with severe mental illness.  Katie was 29 when she died.  Zach was 43.  Like so many of our family members who suffer, most people don’t have a clue about the extent […]

Filed Under: Stigma, Suicide Tagged With: Bipolar, Suicide

Time to be Prodigal (with Love)

April 1, 2019 By Rev. Dr. Rachael Keefe

written by Rachael Keefe (reprinted from her blog)  …let all who are faithful offer prayer to you; at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall not reach them. You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Don’t tell. Don’t share […]

Filed Under: Grace & Forgiveness, Love, Stigma, Suicide Tagged With: Mental Health Network, Prodigal Son, Secrets, Suicide, UCC, United Church of Christ

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