Listen when your body is telling you something. Pain is a language. It’s your body’s way of communicating. This is the wisdom my doctor gave me back in July, when I called her two days after my speech in support of reproductive rights at the Indiana State House. She said to go to the emergencyContinue reading “Blessed Body”
Author Archives: Sarah Griffith Lund
Blessed is She
I may have screamed. I was definitely shouting. But when you are a preacher and you’re wearing a clergy collar leading a crowd in chanting, perhaps what I was really doing was preaching. Can a woman preach without a pulpit? My pulpit was a stage centered on the ground floor of the Indiana State HouseContinue reading “Blessed is She”
The Stigma of Suicide
Stigma silences. Stigma shames. Stigma controls. Stigma creates barriers. Stigma isolates. Stigma alienates. Stigma spreads fear. Perhaps nothing in the field of mental health is more stigmatized and misunderstood than suicide. Part of the problem is the stigma itself. Why is it so hard to talk about suicide? As a suicide loss survivor and asContinue reading “The Stigma of Suicide”
Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund 