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Thank God for Grace

July 9, 2018 By Karl Shallowhorn

“But by the grace of God I am what I am,and his grace to me was not without effect.No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I,but the grace of God that was with me.”1 Corinthians 15:10 In our age of uncertainty, there are many who feel that there is no God. After all, […]

Filed Under: Addiction, Grace & Forgiveness, Recovery Tagged With: Addiction, Grace, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ

The Opposite of Denial

May 7, 2018 By Karl Shallowhorn

For by grace you have been saved through faith.And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.Ephesians 2:8 When I think back on the course of my life and the fact that I’ve been living with a co-occurring condition of bipolar disorder and addiction for more than 37 years I am […]

Filed Under: Bipolar Disorder, Faith, Mental Health, Recovery Tagged With: airports, Bipolar, episodic psychosis, Grace, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ

Amazing Grace

October 30, 2017 By Karl Shallowhorn

One of the greatest evidences of God’s love to those that love him is,to send them afflictions, with grace to bear them.  ~ John Wesley I’ve been living with bipolar disorder for over 36 years (two-thirds of my life) and co-occurring addiction disorder since my mid-teens (I have 29 years clean now). Most of these […]

Filed Under: Addiction, Bipolar Disorder, Prayer, Recovery Tagged With: Addiction, Bipolar, Grace, Mental Health Network, prayer, UCC, United Church of Christ

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