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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

Justice at 27 Below

February 18, 2019 By Bob Griggs

While I was visiting with a friend who is living with schizophrenia, he told me that he had been having difficulty sleeping. I was concerned and asked him if his trouble sleeping was the result of going through a difficult time with his illness. He said no, not really, that wasn’t it. He said he […]

Filed Under: Stigma Tagged With: Mental Health Network, NAMI, Polar vortex, schizophrenia, Stigma, UCC, United Church of Christ

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