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Mental Illness and Gun Violence – A Caution

November 6, 2017 By Rev. Alan Johnson

“Do not fear; for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine,”  Isa. 43:1 When I hear or read about mental health and gun violence, I can become defensive.  And here is why.  We know that in a survey, 60% of Americans thought that people with schizophrenia were likely to […]

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

Amazing Grace

October 30, 2017 By Karl Shallowhorn

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

A Reminder of the Kin-dom

October 23, 2017 By Hannah Campbell Gustafson

I’m embarrassed to say that I took my first Mental Health First Aid class this week (what took me so long?).  But, I’m also excited to say that I took my first Mental Health First Aid class this week!  It is an invigorating time to be in rural southwest Wisconsin when you have the passions […]

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

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