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Dear God, I used the hate the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Almost as much as I hate the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16). Because it’s unfair. Here I am, trying to do everything right and good and holy, and along comes Bozo who feeds you a line after decades of…

I found this beautiful passage in Henry Nouwen’s book “Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith“: The deeper meaning of the “return of the prodigal son” is the return to God’s womb, the return to the very origins of being . . . What I see here is God as Mother, receiving back…

My friend, Fr. Jim Martin split hairs with Stephen Colbert regarding Mother Teresa’s crisis of faith. I’m so proud of him! Click here to view his appearance.

A few months back, I started a series of interviews called “How Do You Move Beyond Blue?” Well, apparently my readers were moving beyond blue better than I was because I sort of hit a rough spot and forgot about the series. But now that it’s fall and we all are getting out our HappyLites…

Thanks to James at Finding Optimism, I found PsychCentral’s 2007 Best of the Web Blog for Bipolar Disorder. John M. Grohol, Psy.D. has been indexing and reviewing online reources since 1991. In 1995 PsychCentral.com began awarding Web awards to exceptional online resources. Here are his top ten picks. I agree–they’re great blogs. But the fact…

James at “Finding Optimism” lists his own top five blogs on depression. I berated him about not including Beyond Blue on his list, and he insisted that the list was compiled BEFORE he checked out Beyond Blue. I believe him for now. However, you know what it’s like inside the brain of a manic depressive,…

Revolution Health is joining with its nonprofit partners to help persons who struggle with depression and anxiety to become more educated about mental illness and to help those nonprofits raise money. By participating in the online mental health fair, you will get the latest in mental health information and support. And for each booth that…

There’s a debate that keeps resurfacing on the message boards of Beyond Blue: is depression a physiological disorder or a spiritual illness in nature? With prayer and medication, can you live happily drug free? Or is that asking for problems? Is that spiritual emptiness that so many of us feel a symptom of clinical depression,…

I remember the dinner conversation the night of November 4, 1980: “Please pass the corn.” Five minutes later: “Pass the salt.” My mom voted for Carter. My dad voted for Reagan. I headed to the bathroom. That’s how I deal with conflict. I can tell by the shade of Eric’s cheeks when something I don’t…

While we’re on the topic of how to say something, or (in my case) how to say something from your hideout in the bathroom, here’s a great post from James over at Finding Optimism on “Ways to Insults Someone with Depression.” Thanks to Larry Parker for mentioning it. Here are James’s favorite ones, but go…
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