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Emerging Trends: Spirituality and Mental Health, by Sean Witty, MTS, MS

April 12, 2025 By Abbie Chronister

Hand-drawn trend graph on a white board. Image from Depositphotos.

Introduction This post highlights three recent trends at the intersection of spirituality and mental health, emphasizing the need for faith communities to offer healing, meaning-making, and resilience-building in challenging times. Trend 1: Digital Methods for Spiritual and Mental Health Recent research indicates a growing interest in digital interventions that address both spiritual and mental health […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ Tagged With: gen z, mental health, research, research trends, spirituality, trends

Christ Above the Powers

May 18, 2020 By David Finnegan-Hosey

“God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Stigma Tagged With: advocacy, Ascension Sunday, Christ, mental health, unhealthy systems

Words of Encouragement

March 15, 2020 By Rev. Alan Johnson

Many words have been written to address the uncertainty we are experiencing as we live into the presence of the coronavirus in the world. Our routine congregational life has been disturbed. Our customary routines to keep our community bonds strong are unraveling. Our Sunday worship services, committee and board meetings, support groups, fellowship gatherings, faith […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Community, COVID-19 Tagged With: 2 Timothy 1:7, Alan Johnson, Anxiety, Balance, Coronavirus, Encouragement, mental health, mental health crisis, Mental Health Network, United Church of Christ

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