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Is That You God?

March 19, 2018 By Karl Shallowhorn

“Perhaps this is the moment for which you’ve been created.”Esther 4:14 “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”Soren Kierkergaard If only I had known these two things when I was in the depths of my despair in my late adolescence and early adulthood. It was during this period that I […]

Filed Under: Addiction, Bipolar Disorder, Faith, Recovery Tagged With: Addiction, Bipolar, Mental Health Network, Stigma, UCC, United Church of Christ

Overcoming Stigma: Have we come a long way or do we have a long way to go?

December 18, 2017 By Rev. Alan Johnson

As we approach the New Year within a month, sometimes it is good to look back before going ahead.  I never thought I would be offering an adult forum on my experience with mental illness in my family and have my son speak from his point of view as a person who lives with bipolar […]

Filed Under: Community, Stigma Tagged With: Mental Health Network, Stigma, UCC, United Church of Christ

A way when it seems there is no way

September 25, 2017 By Rev. Alan Johnson

There are times when a person just can’t find the way through to provide assistance when someone is acting unusual or when a person is faced with a situation that is confusing and it is unclear what to offer. One of the arenas in which this may arise is when encountering or being confronted by […]

Filed Under: Stigma Tagged With: Mental Health First Aid, Mental Health Network, Stigma, trauma, UCC, United Church of Christ

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