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Down the Rabbit Hole

June 17, 2019 By Rev. Dr. Tim Ahrens

The story begins with a bored and drowsy seven-year-old girl named Alice sitting on a riverbank with her older sister.  When a talking, clothed White Rabbit with a pocket watch runs past, Alice follows it down a rabbit hole. As she falls a long way down, Alice finds herself in a curious hall with many locked doors of […]

Filed Under: Mental Health Tagged With: Alice in wonderland, Caregiver support, literary, loved ones, Mental Health Network, mental illness, respect, schizophrenia, Tim Ahrens, UCC, United Church of Christ

Caring for those that Care

March 12, 2018 By Rev. Lisa LeSueur

My soul wept when I walked into the cold sterile hospital room where my then partner sat slumped, rocking herself on a hard wooden rectangular box with no blankets or pillow. She looked up at me with anger in her eyes and I instantly knew what was coming…..this was my fault. The sobbing that she […]

Filed Under: Community, Mental Health, Support Tagged With: Caregiver support, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ

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