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Following is one of my favorite excerpts from “The Faith Club”: As I listened to Suzanne I felt that I was in the presence of someone with deep faith who had dealt with suffering and loss in a way that I couldn’t. I was a bit envious of Suzanne’s strong belief in God. I wished…

I think I’m smarter today than I was two years ago. At that time had someone forwarded me Newsweek’s interview with James Gordon, founder of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine and author of “Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression,” I would have stewed on it and obsessed about it, worrying that…

Another of his classic essays is the following, titled “Prozac Nation?” in which Kramer refutes the modern wave of thought that we are overmedicating our country, numbing America to every hiccup or discomfort, and doling out antidepressants where there is no legitimate diagnosis. You can get to the original article, which ran in “Slate,” by…

I know it’s only July, but Beliefnet is gearing up for their “Most Inspiring Person of 2008” contest. The editors want to know who your picks are. Check out last year’s gallery by clicking here, and then tell us who you want to be in the running for this year by going to the nomination…

Every time I watch this video, I laugh. Fr. Jim’s joy and playfulness is just so contagious. I think he communicates more about hope and joy and how much God loves us with his jokes and laughter than most priests do with their solemn homilies. I am so lucky to have a guy like this…

I’ve been feeling badly that I spend so much of my day fantasizing … about a place not covered in dirty laundry, and where sex is spontaneous (not scheduled), and backrubs and pillow talk come before and after. At this dreamland, I have no responsibilities, no little people to take care of. All noises are…

I loved this story by Beyond Blue reader Melzoom on the combox of my post, “Dear God: Come All Who are Weary”: My second suicide attempt was not immediately severe enough to put me in the hospital. My husband came home to find me bleeding all over the bathroom, but with my first aid training…

Dear God, In today’s gospel, we read about the parable of the sower (Matthew 13: 1-9), which, ironically, was the reading that Eric and I chose for our wedding (it’s not all that romantic … but read in terms of a relationship, and you’ll see why I picked it): A sower went out to sow.…

The following meditation is from “Song of the Sparrow,” poems and meditations by Murray Bodo, O.F.M. God hears me.  We want to believe it with all our hearts, and so we pray mightily and storm heaven with our cries. And the silence terrifies us. We turn inward to the God who dwells within and there…

I just now got official word that Group Beyond Blue was the winner of Beliefnet’s Top Support Group contest. Yah! I continue to be amazed and delighted at the level of support and friendship and encouragement that is present on the boards. And I’d like to thank all the Group Beyond Blue members for making…
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