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Love the Person, Hate the Behavior
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Beyond Blue
“The Way I See It #199,” on my Starbucks coffee cup Saturday morning (a quote by Berkeley Breathed, the cartoonist and creator of “Opus”): “I’m not sure about people anymore. They’re responsible for some pretty nutty stuff. Individuals I’m crazy about though.” In recovery language, we say “Love the person, hate the behavior” (or disease–like…
Dear God: On Becoming an Ex-Suicide
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Beyond Blue
Dear God, You gave us the perfect prescription for recovery from depression in today’s reading, from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians (5:8-14): Brothers and Sisters: You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth. Try to…
Glenn Slaby: Gifts of a Stranger
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Beyond Blue
Thanks to Beyond Blue reader Glenn Slaby who sent me his story. I think it points to the small miracles that can happen everyday if we make ourselves “transparent under God,” or become an “ex-suicide.” Sometimes, when paths cross in life a new direction may be offered to you and another. At times you can,…
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