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Good News for
Reluctant Hearts

December 9, 2019 By Rev. Dr. Rachael Keefe

written by Rachael Keefe - reposted from her blog, Write Out of Left Field I gave up trying to be happy and joyful just because it’s the holiday season a long time ago. Growing up, I thought I was the only one who didn’t have the perfect Norman Rockwell (or, these days, Hallmark) family. Nearly […]

Filed Under: Advent & Christmas, Faith, Hope Tagged With: despair, Forgiveness, hopelessness, Love, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ, wholeness

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

Loving Depression

July 8, 2019 By Hannah Campbell Gustafson

As a social worker and as one who wrote a master's thesis on mental health in the church, I've done a lot of reading and thinking about these topics.  I've preached sermons about mental health and healing, I've read articles about people who choose not to take medication for their mental health, and I've had […]

Filed Under: Depression, Love, Recovery, Stigma Tagged With: depression, doctor, Hannah Campbell Gustafon, happy pill, Love, marriage, medication, mental health, Mental Health Network, new medication, sermon, social worker, Trevor Noah, United Church of Christ

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