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Warren Kinghorn: Mental health includes learning to live wisely

Rather than focusing on fixing symptoms, the professor and psychiatrist describes in a new book how to reframe mental health care as learning to live more wisely and fully in the world.

Sweeping the labyrinth and inviting others into our lonely questions

Spiritual practices may not always provide the answers we seek, but they can encourage us to keep asking questions.

By Laura M. Fabrycky Author and essayist

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Making something with your hands can be a kind of Sabbath

Creating a tangible handmade item like a knitted sweater, a carved spoon or a hand-dyed apron provides comfort and healing, writes a minister and handwork educator.

By Christine Hribar Associate pastor, Old North Church, Marblehead, Massachusetts

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‘Looking Up: A Birder’s Guide to Hope Through Grief’

Peace comes to us in different clothing than we may expect, writes author Courtney Ellis in this excerpt from her meditation on birding as a practice of hope.

By Courtney Ellis Associate pastor, Presbyterian Church of the Master

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Are young people still interested in religion and spirituality?

The answer is yes, but if churches want young folks to return, they must repair the harm done by the religious right, says the woman who gave the Young People’s Address to the UMC.

By Alejandra Salemi Doctoral student, population health sciences

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Could slowing down help us both recharge and build endurance?

When runners train for a race, they are told to spend most of their time preparing at a slower pace to help them speed up when needed. The strategy offers important lessons for how we approach our work and life, writes the director of communications for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

By Emily Lund Director of Communications, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

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Helping children of the incarcerated during Black August

Food insecurity among children who have a parent in jail or prison is an often-overlooked consequence of the U.S. prison-industrial complex. This month’s commemoration of the struggle for Black liberation is an opportunity to highlight that, writes a food justice activist.