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Samuel Rahberg: Living into joy, late in the pandemic
A walk by a stream prompts a writer and spiritual director to wonder: Could a fresh understanding of joy help restore us?
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Jean Neely: Clinging to hope in pandemic times
Despair is an understandable response to the world around us, writes an author and independent scholar living with bipolar disorder. But she finds hope in her trust that God is with her through it all.
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John Swinton: Helping Christians with mental health issues starts with better language
Those with severe mental health issues are often misunderstood by people of faith, but churches have a responsibility to listen to and see each person as a person, says a professor and author.
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Jessica Young Brown: Who cares for the shepherds? The secondary trauma of faith leaders must be addressed
The toll of the last six months on clergy requires a sustained response, from the seminary and denominational levels as well as congregations, writes an expert on faith and mental health.
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Chanequa Walker-Barnes: The fear God gives us
Fear is not the antithesis of faith and truth; nor does it indicate a lack of trust in God, writes a pastoral care professor and licensed clinical psychologist. Indeed, God created us with fear to keep us safe.
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Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes: Taking a lesson from the seed -- find joy
A New York City pastor writes about the tradition of resilience in Black churches and how she finds joy in troubled times.
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Mother Emanuel five years later
In the national aftermath of recent racist violence, a church and a community continue the work of healing as they mark the five-year anniversary of the Charleston massacre.
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Warren Kinghorn: What can we do to seek healing in the way of Jesus?
Jesus healed through reversal, rescue and restoration. His healing did not just leave bodies and spirits whole. It left communities whole as well, writes a psychiatrist and theologian.
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Alaina Kleinbeck: Considering a pandemic through Pentecost
Our fears and impatience in the season of COVID-19 are similar to the disciples’ experience following the resurrection, writes the director of the Thriving in Ministry Coordination Program at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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Victoria Atkinson White: When we need holy friendships most
By challenging our sins, affirming our gifts and helping us dream, holy friends give us what we most need right now, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.