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Tag Archives: Religion and Spirituality
Replying to the Recovering Psychiatrist
In regard to the good fairy, honorable physicians, and other fictional creatures—we are an immature nation that still wants daddy to take care of us. That’s the whole book right there. Physicians and the American medical industry get away with … Continue reading
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Tagged antidepressants, Bhagavad Gita, Christianity, Conditions and Diseases, death, democracy, depression, disability, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, family, God, Governance, Health, health care, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicine, mental health, mental illness, Methodism, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, poverty, power, psychiatric disorders, relationships, Religion and Spirituality, Welfare
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Bible and Quran Quotes Identified
Show us the straight way. Quran The voice of one crying out in the wilderness; ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’ Bible His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor … Continue reading
Posted in God, Spirituality
Tagged Allah, Bible, Christianity, God, Islam, Quran, Religion and Spirituality
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About Me
I am a tenth generation American, descended from a family that has been working a farm that was deeded to us by William Penn. The country has changed around us but we have held true. I stand in my grandmother’s kitchen, … Continue reading
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Tagged antidepressants, bipolar, Conditions and Diseases, death, depression, disability, disability rights, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, God, Governance, Health, health care, Holy Bible, HUD, immune system, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Onondaga County, paratransit, pharmaceuticals, Physician, power, problem solving, psychiatric disorders, Religion and Spirituality, values
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Judges in Passing
People working in the mental health industry—aides, nurses, therapists and doctors—judge others. A diagnosis is a judgment of what is normal or abnormal, sick or healthy. Doctors and therapists make these diagnoses, then they and nurses and aides talk about patients’ … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, God, Mental Illness & Health, Spirituality
Tagged acceptance, appropriate, Catholic, Christ, Christianity, diagnosis, doctors, forgiveness, God, inappropriate, Jennifer Daniels, Jewish, mental health, mental illness, Muslim, patients, Physician, physicians, Plymouth Congregational Church, Protestant, psyche, psychiatric patients, Psychiatry, relationships, religion, Religion and Spirituality, spirit, therapist, United Church of Christ, values
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The Book of Esther, According to Queen Vashti
First of all, the king was drunk. “Drinking was by flagons, without restraint . . . [and] the king was merry with wine.” That’s where it all started. Why do men get drunk? The girls and I were in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Book of Esther, Holy Bible, Jews, Mordecai, Religion and Spirituality
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The Woman from California (part II)
What makes the difference between those who recover and those who don’t? It is not in the diagnosis. I routinely listen to people tell me how nice it is that I could stop taking medicine, but they just can’t. … Continue reading
Posted in Death, disability, Health Care, Spirituality, Values
Tagged death, diagnosis, disability, doctors, drugs, Health, health care, Medicine, patients, Physician, recovery, Religion and Spirituality, values
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Reading the Textbook
An acquaintance and I were talking about our Christian faith. We agreed that it was all about humility before God and service to one another. “And taking care of yourself first,” she added. “Where does it say that … Continue reading
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Tagged antidepressants, Bible, Christ, Christian Church, Christianity, God, Holy Bible, Jesus, New Testament, Religion and Spirituality, Torah
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One to 6,868,700,000
I always wondered why God told Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Then I read that it was because if humankind had knowledge then they would also have power, and humankind was not … Continue reading
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Tagged Allah, Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavad Gite, Brahman, Buddhism, charity, Christ, Christianity, Divinity, God, Hinduism, Holy Bible, humility, Islam, Judaism, justice, Koran, Lord, perfect love, Quran, Ravi Zacharias, Religion and Spirituality, religious tolerance, sacred scriptures, sacred writings, Thich Nhat Hanh, Wicca, world religions, Yahweh
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To the Church at Plymouth
Your senior pastor has been with you for eleven years; your assistant pastor, five years. Within four months, you will be losing both of them. Who will you call to replace them? Will you call a gay or lesbian pastor … Continue reading
Posted in Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Christ, Christianity, disability, God, Local church, Pastor, Pastoral Resources, Religion and Spirituality
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