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Suicide

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

A sad good-bye becomes a teachable moment

July 16, 2018 By Rev. Alan Johnson

“…then your light shall break forth like the dawn,And your healing shall spring up quickly…”Isa. 58:8 The obituary said the young man had lived with bipolar disorder and had ended his life.  It was clear, honest and direct. It was published in the local newspaper for all the world to see.  That was a couple […]

Filed Under: Stigma, Suicide Tagged With: Mental Health Network, Stigma, Suicide, UCC, United Church of Christ

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