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Rhythms are important. They’re our best chance at staying safe. They’re also something I’m used to. Focusing on my self-care rhythm is how I stay stable: sle...

This is a little different from my usual posts, but I’m getting soooo many emails, and most of them are not accessible to readers who process better verbally...

A few weeks ago, I told my therapist that I was finally starting to feel like myself again. It’s been five-ish years of living with diagnosed bipolar disorde...

I spend an inordinate amount of time watching Sunday Service videos. All summer, it’s been rolling around in my head as an example of what church might look ...

I always feel a little bit of pressure to say something profound on World Mental Health Day. After all, I write about mental illness, I live with a mental il...

On the days when my brain decides to be obnoxious, I create escape routes. I always have fifteen different ways to get out of something, which is a ridiculou...

I can’t believe I actually had to type that, but here we are. Here’s the reality of this moment: most of us living with severe mental illnesses are so aware ...

Bailie's Note: One of the things I love most is writing prayers. This is a Prayer for the People that I wrote for #mentalhealthawareness month. Prayers like ...

Mark 16:1-8 When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very...

By Margo Gregory 1 Corinthians 15:24-26 Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after he has destroyed every ruler and every au...

Posted Anonomously 2 Corinthians 12:8-12 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for...

By Riley Pickett John 12:1-8 (NRSV) Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gav...

By Rachel Douglass 2 Corinthians 5:16-17 From now on, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view...

By Brannon Muya Rihanna, “Disturbia” Throw on your break lights We're in the city of wonder Ain't gonna play nice Watch out, you might just go under Better t...

By Rachael Schaad Lane Genesis 1:1-5 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face...

By Missy Roberts Luke 4:1-2 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was...

I have a tattoo on my elbow-pit (that’s definitely a thing) that says, “Yet I will praise you.” I got it five years after my Dad died. It’s in his handwritin...

Finals season is upon us. People are already looking tired around campus, and it's not even reading week. Before we get to the messiness of a finals schedule...

Mania. Mania. Mania. Mania. There, I said it. At the beginning of the school year, I found myself in the middle of a manic episode. I knew something was wron...

content warning: this post briefly discusses suicide -- if you need support, reach out to a friend or family member, or call the National Suicide Prevention ...