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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

When In Doubt

June 10, 2019 By Karl Shallowhorn

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.Mark 11:24 I’ve been living with bipolar disorder for a long time. A very long time (over 38 years to be exact). So long ago that what I was prescribed is known as a “first […]

Filed Under: Bipolar Disorder, Recovery, Treatment Tagged With: Anxiety, Balance, Bipolar, depression, doubt, Faith, health, mark 11:24, medication, Mental Health Network, mental illness, new medication, Self-care, Stories, UCC, United Church of Christ, Wellness, wholeness

A Version of Psalm 139 for the Hard Days

June 3, 2019 By Rev. Dr. Rachael Keefe

Lately, I’ve been struggling with fatigue. It’s been really hard to find the energy I need to get through the day. Psalm 139 keeps coming to mind. It’s one of my favorite Psalms because it promises that there is no place we can go where God is not already there. For those of us who […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Mental Health, Prayer Tagged With: Anxiety, endurance, fatigue, Fear, hard days, Mental Health Network, Psalm, psalm 139, UCC, United Church of Christ, wholeness

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