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Our culture of violence requires adaptive change

Posted on January 23, 2013 by George Bullard — 1 Comment ↓

I owned one gun in my life. It was a single shot 22-gauge rifle. My father gave it to me when I was around 12 years old. I sold it to a friend for his grandson 16 years later. In…

Lessons From Stone Mountain

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Julie Pennington-Russell — 4 Comments ↓

It all started with my teeth. A couple of years ago I was reclining in the chair of my dentist, Dr. Uetsuki, waiting for the nitrous oxide to kick in. “Are you doing anything special for New Year’s?” he asked…

Hope is my friend

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Peggy Haymes — No Comments ↓

I was cruising through the list of notification on the GoodReads web site when one caught my eye. “Hope is your friend.” Of course, it was a notification that someone named Hope and I had made a social media connection,…

Tagged with: change, Christianity, Church, community, Counseling, faith, Grace, hope, mental health
Posted in Health & Wholeness, Healthy Living, Mental Health

Worlds colliding

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Peggy Haymes — No Comments ↓

As a pioneer in the field of grief, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross used to hold workshops all over the world. In these workshops people didn’t just learn about grief; they had a chance to do deep grieving of their own. A friend…

Asking for Help

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Ircel Harrison — No Comments ↓

I still remember the look I got from a fellow church member when I mentioned in conversation that I had been seeing a pastoral counselor. The expression was a strange mixture of disbelief and pity. I don’t regret saying it,…

Tagged with: clergy health, coaching, Counseling, mental health
Posted in Healthy Living, Leadership, Mental Health

The soul of mental health

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Amy Grosso — No Comments ↓

Hope, despair, joy, sorrow, happiness, sadness, peace, anxiety, detached, attached… all these words in some way describe mental health. For years the term mental illness has been used. Mental illness is a term used to describe other people, but not…

Tagged with: mental health
Posted in Mental Health