It didn’t take my cousin Paul two hours to die. His execution was a quick one, compared to today’s standards. It didn’t even take him ten minutes to die by lethal injection. I have a chapter about it in my book. I guess my cousin was lucky. We all should be thankful. Arizona’s most recentContinue reading “Blessed are the Executed”
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Mental Illness and the Devil
One of the strangest and intriguing aspects of religions is the role ascribed to the devil. In my book Blessed are the Crazy I talk about how some Christians view mental illness as a curse from the devil. In this mindset, a person who struggles with depression must have danced with the devil. Only aContinue reading “Mental Illness and the Devil”
To Speak or Not to Speak?
The trouble with breaking the silence is that it’s likely that something will get broken in the process. Hopefully the thing that gets broken is not relationships, but the silence surrounding shameful topics. And part of what give something shameful the power over us is that we keep it secret. My goal in being partContinue reading “To Speak or Not to Speak?”
Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund 