The picture with this post is of the Chinese Garden in Portland, Oregon. It’s a beautiful place, an oasis of tranquility in the midst of a busy city. On tour through the garden, our guide pointed out various Chinese symbols and icons. For example, she told us that the bat stands for good fortune and […]
Hate is not a mental illness, but love is connected to mental healthiness
As I write for this blog, I find myself at a loss. I am amazed and astounded by the stories I read and which you share. Quite frankly, they blow me away. I feel like a pretender among truth-tellers. My story is based more on the struggles of family members who battle mental health conditions than my own struggles. As […]
Finding Hope in the Aftermath…Again
“White supremacy is not a mental illness. This week alone, 34 people are dead, and 67 more are wounded because white men full of hatred shot up innocent people in public places. We live in a country where the government sanctions mass shootings by refusing to limit access to guns and blaming mental illness when […]
Healing
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 […]
Down the Rabbit Hole
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 […]