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Healing

July 29, 2019 By Rev. Dr. Ciarán Osborn (he/him)

When people think of faith and healing, oftentimes images come to mind of charismatic televangelists summoning healing for people on a large stage. Maybe you think of Jesus encountering the man called  Legion in the hills and summoning the unsettling spirits out of him, driving them into swine. No matter what image comes to mind […]

Filed Under: Community, Mental Health, Recovery Tagged With: accompaniment, affirmation, Community, Faith, healing, Love, Megan Snell, mental health, Mental Health Network, mental illness, UCC, United Church of Christ

More Than Tolerance

May 27, 2019 By Rev. Dr. Ciarán Osborn (he/him)

I grew up in a small town in North East San Diego county, in Southern California. I went to the neighborhood elementary school. Each day my fellow classmates and I would line up with our square plastic lunch boxes. Mine typically featured some Ninja Turtle imagery on the sides. We would march down to the […]

Filed Under: Community, Love, Stigma Tagged With: affirmation, Mental Health Network, respect, Stigma, tolerance, UCC, United Church of Christ

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