Guest Post
Nov 29, 2012
Shouldn’t be posting! Because I’m at work! But it’ll just take 2 minutes! To tell you about my small guest post! Over at the blog of the redoubtable Simcha Fisher!
Mechanical Legs
Nov 27, 2012
One summer, age 15, I looked around and noticed I was in a fantastic mood. It wasn’t occasioned by anything in particular. I remember the quality of the sunlight and the feeling of lightness. I told myself, Fix this moment in your memory; you’re feeling good for no reason. Next time you’re feeling bad for…
Survey
Nov 20, 2012
Passing this along from a friend. One small but easy way to get your voice heard. Took me about 5-10 minutes. I’m currently a senior at Trinity College in CT working on a thesis looking at the sources of influence on the beliefs and practices of Christians who experience same-sex attraction. I’ve been trying to…
It Hardly Hurts At All
Nov 17, 2012
If you don’t mind their trademark combination of foulness, expletives, poop jokes, and brilliant insight, I highly recommend this article on Cracked: Five Great Joys In Life That Healthy People Never Experience. If you’re lucky enough to have a condition that can be treated — not even cured, just treated a little — the moment…
Enlarging the Concept Of the Human
Nov 11, 2012
Gosh, William Lynch just gets better and better: The sick [i.e. the mentally ill] deeply fear that they are not human. They interpret an endless variety of problems and distresses as nonhuman. I remember I used to feel that it would be a relief to have the kind of problems that “normal” people had: in…
Images Of Hope
Nov 07, 2012
I’ve got no words for you today, so I give you the words of Fr. William F. Lynch. These are excerpts from Images of Hope, which I have been reading on and off since about March. It was one of the very few things that helped at all when things were darkest. It contains some…
