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My Prayer Group

January 21, 2019 by mhn-ucc Leave a Comment

I have a story about a group of people who accompany me, Psalm 139 style, through this life. By that, I mean that these are people who accompany me, as God does, in the highs and the lows of life, including during times of depression.  This group is my prayer group. My prayer group consists […]

Filed Under: Community, Prayer, Treatment Tagged With: medication, Mental Health Network, prayer, UCC, United Church of Christ

The Shadow of Death

October 29, 2018 by mhn-ucc Leave a Comment

I thought I knew what I would write about for today’s post. And then, my 3.5 month old daughter entered into a phase of screaming every time we set her down and refusing to nap. And then, a white supremacist killed two African-American people in Kentucky. And then, a neo-Nazi slaughtered eleven Jews in Pittsburgh. […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health Tagged With: Anxiety, depression, murder, prayer, Psalm 23, terrorism

Amazing Grace

October 30, 2017 by mhn-ucc Leave a Comment

One of the greatest evidences of God’s love to those that love him is,to send them afflictions, with grace to bear them.  ~ John Wesley I’ve been living with bipolar disorder for over 36 years (two-thirds of my life) and co-occurring addiction disorder since my mid-teens (I have 29 years clean now). Most of these […]

Filed Under: Addiction, Bipolar Disorder, Prayer, Recovery Tagged With: Addiction, Bipolar, Grace, Mental Health Network, prayer, UCC, United Church of Christ

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