vol. 10, num. 11 :: 2011.06.10 — 2011.06.23
Mental illness doesn't have the stigma that it did a century ago, but that doesn't necessarily lessen its impact on the lives of those who struggle with it personally or in relationship with others. Stories from within and outside of affected minds.
Surveying 26 years of marriage, parenting and wrestling with depression.
Confessions of a spouse struggling with his own faults and his partner's depression.
On the effort to create spaces that welcome all people.
A window into the mental lanscape of the emotionally unwell.
Advice to a teen-aged self struggling with anxiety.
Wrestling with the place of mental illness in the Christian life.
Helping students find the way through the valley of mental illness.
On parenting in the wake of a husband's suicide.
A review of the film Of Gods and Men, directed by Xavier Beauvois.
An exploration of how prescription medication can affect quality of life for a family.
Sarah Polley's Away From Her explores themes of suffering.
If St. Francis came around today, would the church welcome, commit or excommunicate him?
L.L. Barkat writes on an alternative prescription for depression.
A collection of posts about a New Zealand woman’s journey through depression.
Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.
Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home
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