Being WISE: Mental Health and the Church
I have been meaning to get back to this blog for a year now. I guess a sermon is as good of a place to start as any. Sermon, testimony, confession, call to hope. It begins with John Roedel's poem that caught my attention a few weeks ago and is fed by my work with the UCC Mental Health Network's initiative fostering welcoming, inclusive, supportive, and engaged (WISE) concern for mental health within the church. Being WISE: Mental Health and the Church August 18, 2024 – Community Church of Durham “Patchwork Heart” Vulnerability doesn’t mean telling others what happened to us from across a cafe table or from behind a microphone and then going home from the experience feeling just as alone as you did before vulnerability means allowing your human heart blanket to get sewn to other heart blankets it’s about connection we don’t share for status we do it for synergy we don’t confess for clout we do it to build comm...