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Upturned Tables

March 5, 2018 By Hannah Campbell Gustafson

John 2:13-22 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.  In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.  Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Healthy Living, Mental Health Tagged With: Mental Health Network, mind and body, UCC, United Church of Christ

Twice in the Psych Unit part 2

February 26, 2018 By Rev. Grant F. Sontag

(part 1 here) I began a suicide note which I worked on constantly until I had what I would call a nervous breakdown (now called a “major depressive episode.”). I began to shake and a thin, plaintiff wail began to well up inside me. With my cousin Jane rubbing my back to soothe me, I […]

Filed Under: Depression, Suicide, Treatment Tagged With: Mental Health Network, stroke, Suicide, UCC, United Church of Christ

Let’s stop blaming survivors

February 19, 2018 By Rev. Kirk Moore (he, him, his)

“How about we stop blaming the victims?” Emma Gonzalez, survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Mental Illness affects more than 70 million people in the United States.  But of all the violent acts committed in this country, only 4 to 5% are attributable to people with mental illness. People with serious […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Stigma Tagged With: Gun violence, Mental Health Network, UCC, United Church of Christ, youth

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