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Rest

July 23, 2018 By Rev. Dr. Rachael Keefe

Jesus said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” Mark 6:31 I don’t know about you, but I’m not very good at time away, especially time away for rest. While I know that I need to pay attention and do better with this, I recognize that I […]

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A sad good-bye becomes a teachable moment

July 16, 2018 By Rev. Alan Johnson

“…then your light shall break forth like the dawn,And your healing shall spring up quickly…”Isa. 58:8 The obituary said the young man had lived with bipolar disorder and had ended his life.  It was clear, honest and direct. It was published in the local newspaper for all the world to see.  That was a couple […]

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

Thank God for Grace

July 9, 2018 By Karl Shallowhorn

“But by the grace of God I am what I am,and his grace to me was not without effect.No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I,but the grace of God that was with me.”1 Corinthians 15:10 In our age of uncertainty, there are many who feel that there is no God. After all, […]

Filed Under: Addiction, Grace & Forgiveness, Recovery Tagged With: Addiction, Grace, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ

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