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Not The Sermon I Meant
to Preach

July 1, 2019 By David Finnegan-Hosey

I’d been asked to guest preach at a large, respectable church in town, the first time I’d received an invite to this congregation, and I didn’t want to mess it up. I’d worked with the lectionary texts, rich in narrative and imagery – Elijah in the wilderness, the man possessed by Legion – and thought […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Stigma Tagged With: Anxiety, chaplain, College, David Finnegan-Hosey, Elijah, mental health, mental health struggles, preach, pulpit, sermon, Stigma

You are Enough

May 13, 2019 By Rev. Lisa LeSueur

After our church service yesterday, a friend of mine approached me and told me that she immediately thought of me during the sermon that our Senior Pastor was preaching. It was a sermon about the feelings of inadequacy that so many of us fight against and the constant barrage of messages that tell us that […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Mental Health, Stress Tagged With: College, Mental Health Network, Self worth, UCC, United Church of Christ

Our God is an Awesome God

October 15, 2018 By Karl Shallowhorn

“But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;they will run and not grow weary,they will walk and not be faint..”Isaiah 40:31 I was listening to an episode of NPR’s “This American Life.” One of the segments featured a college admissions director who was sharing about parents […]

Filed Under: Bipolar Disorder, Faith, Recovery Tagged With: Cancer, College, Cycling, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ

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