This post first appeared on October 6 on Patheos as a guest blog of Reba Riley’s Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome In honor of National Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 5-11), I invited minister and social worker Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund to write this post about some of harmful lies told in Christian communities about mentalContinue reading “5 Lies Christians Tell About Mental Illness”
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When Tears Fall
Nobody is too good for mental illness. Or too rich or too young. Then why was I surprised when this wealthy and good man’s eyes teared up? As he told me about how suicide intruded in on his family’s life, tears began to fall. And because it was too much to bare, he shifted hisContinue reading “When Tears Fall”
Stronger Together
It’s an honor to write this blog post in honor of National Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 5-11) and the publication of Blessed are the Crazy: Breaking the silence about mental illness, family, and church. Today I met with undergraduates at a small liberal arts college to talk about mental illness. I shared with themContinue reading “Stronger Together”
Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund 