Suggested Devotional for Your Lenten Journey: Holy Solitude: Lenten Reflections with Saints, Hermits, Prophets, and Rebels By Heidi Haverkamp Our faith is full of heroes who experienced God powerfully in solitude. From Hagar and the Hebrew prophets to Jesus in the wilderness to Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena,...
Mental and Behavioral Health Black American Issues In 2019, suicide was the second leading cause of death for Black Americans, ages 15 to 24. The death rate from suicide for Black American men was four times greater than for Black American women, in 2018. The overall suicide rate for Black...
THE MENTAL ILLNESS THAT WE JOKE ABOUT The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) defines obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as being “characterized by repetitive, unwanted, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and irrational, excessive urges to do certain actions (compulsions).” Obsessions are intrusive and irrational thoughts or impulses that are unwanted and upsetting but...
Why might we observe Black History Month? Because Black history is American history, but the contributions of African Americans are overlooked in most history books used in schools. To read American history from a Black perspective is immensely important to us today. Elements I’ve come to look for in sources...
TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH We are in our 20th month of the Covid virus. That is over a year and a half of living under fear, uncertainty, grief, job losses or changes, rapid changes, environments that were out of our control, and sometimes constant stress, on a global...
The Beautiful Minds Coalition is looking for Wellness Champions as part of Bridges to Care San Antonio! Bridges to Care San Antonio (BTCSA) began October 1, 2020, as an endeavor to train congregations to be companions to those with mental health issues. The congregations work in cohorts of geographic proximity...
“The LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.” Proverbs 3:12 Most fathers view Proverbs 3:12 as a reminder of our responsibility and, indeed, our obligation to discipline our children. God disciplines us and we, in turn, should strive to follow his example by disciplining...
