Health Tips

written by Kirk Moore What Do You Do with the Mad You Feel? by Fred Rogers What do you do with the mad that you feel When you feel so mad you could bite? When the whole wide world seems oh, so wrong... And nothing you do seems very right? It's so easy to feel angry. About the treatment of people who live on the margins About unchecked praise heaped on flawed and sometimes harmful leaders

written by Rachael Keefe Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 Thanksgiving has come and gone. The last Sunday of the liturgical year (Christ the King/Reign of Christ) has been observed. While stores have had Christmas items out since before Halloween, before the sunset on Thanksgiving Christmas filled the stores. We�re in the midst of it now, the beloved or dreaded �holiday season

written by Rev. Megan Snell I am someone who lives with chronic mental illness. Many days I am stable, clear-headed, calm, focused, content. I�m a person who gets a lot done in a day. I live a full and fulfilling life full of ministry, music, friends, family, creative pursuits. But other days, I find myself sinking, weighed down by depression. I feel it in my body, in my bones. I feel like I

written by Karl Shallowhorn It was about a month ago that I received a text message from an old friend. She shared that a good friend of hers� son was in the midst of a mental health crisis and asked if I would be willing to speak with her. As is my custom I did not hesitate to reply, �Yes.� When speaking with the mother I could hear the pain she was experiencing. That feeling of

written by Lisa LeSueur I always wake my daughter up in the morning by gently touching her shoulder and giving her a five-minute warning that I�ll be back and expect her to be up and about. One day last week, when I touched her on the shoulder, she bolted upright in bed and sleepily told me �Mom, they shot Santa!� She asked me if she could have a few minutes and fell back on the pillow

written by Hannah Campbell Gustafson I thought I knew what I would write about for today�s post. And then, my 3.5 month old daughter entered into a phase of screaming every time we set her down and refusing to nap. And then, a white supremacist killed two African-American people in Kentucky. And then, a neo-Nazi slaughtered eleven Jews in Pittsburgh. I know that there are things

�Jesus stood still and said, �Call him here.� And they called the blind man, saying to him, �Take heart; get up, he is calling you.� � Mark 10:49 This coming Sunday�s lectionary texts contain the story of Bartimaeus, one which has taken on a particularly important meaning for me as I have learned to live with the invisible disability of bipolar disorder. On the surface, this is a standard