Monthly Archives: April 2013

“How Skeptics and Believers Can Connect – NYTimes.com” nytimes.com/2013/04/07/opi…
• I have a thought: don’t judge, listen!

“Church congregations can be blind to mental illness, study suggests” • sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/…

The study shows that while families with a member who has mental illness have less involvement in faith practices, they would like their congregation to provide assistance with those issues. However, the rest of the church community seemed to overlook their need entirely. In fact, the study found that while help from the church with depression and mental illness was the second priority of families with mental illness, it ranked 42nd on the list of requests from families that did not have a family member with mental illness.

“CNN Belief Blog: How churches can respond to mental illness” religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/07/my-…

1. We need to stop hiding mental illness.
2. The congregation should be a safe place for those who struggle.
3. We should not be afraid of medicine.
4. We need to end the shame.

“If the Catholic Church is serious about welcoming gays.” feedproxy.google.com/~r/episcopalca…

“Wordgazer’s Words: Why I’m Not a Calvinist” krwordgazer.blogspot.com/2013/04/why-im…

“Other People’s Reasons and Our Narratives: On the Appropriation of Suicides — Dianna E. Anderson” diannaeanderson.net/blog/2013/4/ot…

Scripture… As We Live It #255 feedly.com/k/17leEWg

“Huge disparities in hypertension seen across U.S. counties” feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedail…

“THE JESUS PARADIGM » 13 Things Greek Teachers Won’t Tell You” jesusparadigm.com/2013/04/13-thi…

“Ethics on the basketball court” or lack thereof. feedproxy.google.com/~r/episcopalca…