Blessed Are the Crazy: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness, Family and Church (The Young Clergy Women Project)

When do you learn that "normal" doesn't include lots of yelling, lots of sleeping, lots of beating? In __Blessed Are the Crazy: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness, Family, and Church__, Sarah Griffith Lund looks back at her father's battle with bipolar disorder, and the helpless sense of déjà vu as her brother and cousin endure mental illness as well. With a small group study guide and "Ten Steps for Developing a Mental Health Ministry in Your Congregation," __Blessed Are the Crazy__ is more than memoir—it's a resource for churches and other faith-based groups to provide healing and comfort. Part of The Young Clergy Women Project. When do you learn that normal doesn't include lots of yelling, lots of sleep, lots of beating? In Blessed Are the Crazy: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness, Family, and Church, Sarah Griffith Lund looks back at her father's battle with bipolar disorder, and the helpless sense of déjà vu as her brother and cousin endure mental illness, as well. She seeks answers in her faith communities, from feeling pain in God's presence, through seeing the Holy Spirit on Death Row as she witnesses her cousin's execution. With a small group study guide and Ten Steps for Developing a Mental Health Ministry in Your Congregation, Blessed Are the Crazy is more than memoir it s a resource for churches and other faith-based groups to provide healing and comfort. As Sarah writes, "This testimony is for anybody who has ever wondered how God can use craziness to teach us about the depths of human and divine love When do you learn that "normal" doesn't include lots of yelling, lots of sleeping, lots of beating? In Blessed Are the Crazy: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness, Family , and Church, Sarah Griffith Lund looks back at her father's battle with bipolar disorder, and the helpless sense of deja vu as her brother and cousin endure mental illness, as well. With a small group study guide and "Ten Steps for Developing a Mental Health Ministry in Your Congregation," Blessed Are the Crazy is more than memoir--it's a resource for churches and other faith-based groups to provide healing and comfort. Part of The Young Clergy Women Project. Foreword by Donald Capps Learning to testify Entrusting my father to God's beloved community Caring for my brother; how would Jesus do it? Seeking the holy spirit on death row Feeling pain in God's presence Healing amid the struggle Epilogue Afterword by Carol Howard Merritt Acknowledgments Small group study guide Appendix: ten steps for developing a mental health ministry in your congregation.