Category Archives: crazy

A year ago on July, 4, 2013, I began this blog with the hope of breaking the silence about mental illness. Today I am thrilled to announce that my book Blessed are the Crazy: Breaking the Silence About Mental Illness, Family, and Church will be published this September by Chalice Press as part of TheContinue reading “Blessed are the Crazy: Part One”

I’ve just uncovered what the silent treatment has done to our conversations about mental health: we don’t even know what words to use. The language for talking about mental health is a thing of great sensitivity and controversy. After decades of living with family members who have bipolar, I’ve come to think of mental illness,Continue reading “The Silent Treatment”

I’m listening to the audio book of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and I’m in love with the voice of Hazel, the 16 year old cancer patient. Driving down Florida’s turnpike in the torrential rain, hazard lights flashing, white knuckles gripping, I hear Hazel describing what it feels like to be young andContinue reading “Crazysauce”