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The Reality of a Child

November 5, 2018 By Rev. Lisa LeSueur

I always wake my daughter up in the morning by gently touching her shoulder and giving her a five-minute warning that I’ll be back and expect her to be up and about. One day last week, when I touched her on the shoulder, she bolted upright in bed and sleepily told me “Mom, they shot […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Mental Health, Stress Tagged With: Immigration, Mental Health Network, Sexual abuse, stress, trauma, UCC, United Church of Christ, war

Called to Healing

October 22, 2018 By David Finnegan-Hosey

“Jesus stood still and said, ‘Call him here.’ And they called the blind man, saying to him, ‘Take heart; get up, he is calling you.” – Mark 10:49 This coming Sunday’s lectionary texts contain the story of Bartimaeus, one which has taken on a particularly important meaning for me as I have learned to live […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Recovery Tagged With: healing, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ, wholeness

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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