October Synchroblog Announcement – Mental Illness Awareness

To commemorate the launch of Sarah Griffith Lund‘s new book — Blessed Are The Crazy: Breaking the Silence About Mental Illness, Family, and Church — and to participate in National Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 5-11), we invite you to join in a Synchroblog on mental illness, family, and church.

Break the silence by sharing your personal story of how you’ve been impacted by mental illness in your family and/or in your faith community.

Learn more about National Mental Illness Awareness Week: http://nami.org/template.cfm?section=mental_illness_awareness_week

October 7 is also the National Day of Prayer for Mental Illness Recovery and Understanding. Sarah Griffith Lund has recorded this prayer video to help faith communities observe this holiday – please watch and share:

NOTE: We are joining with another synchroblog for this event, so the posting date and instructions are a bit different. This is also coming up quickly!

First, publish your post by midnight on MONDAY, October 6^th. Post the links in the comment section here as normal. We at the synchroblog will post all your links over at the Facebook event for the other group (which can be found here:  https://www.facebook.com/events/945367335493240/

If you want, you may also use the hashtag #BlessedAreTheCrazy when you post your links to your blog posts on Facebook, Twitter, etc. Follow the hashtag: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BlessedAreTheCrazy

Second, we will put up the full link list on Tuesday, October 7^th for you to publish at the end on your blog post.

We hope you will participate and break the silence by sharing YOUR story!

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September Synchroblog Link List: Race, Violence, and Why Need to Talk About It

Here’s the link list.  Glad you could participate.

Thanks for posting this at the bottom of your posts, and remember, everyone loves comments 🙂

Other bloggers writing about Race, Violence, and Why We Need to Talk About It:

• Jeremy Myers – It’s the White Man’s Fault! It’s the Black Man’s Fault!
• Wendy McCaig – Race, Violence, and a Silent White America 
• Glenn Hager – Can We Even Talk About Racial Issues?
• Carol Kuniholm – Who is Allowed to Vote? 
• Sarah Quezada – Race, Violence, and the Airport Immigration Agent
• Wesley Rotoll – Race, Violence, and Why We Need to Talk About It 
• Kathy Escobar – We Have a Dream
• Liz Dyer – Why are American Churches Still So Racially Segregated?
• Loveday Anyim Snr – The Dangers of Racism and Violence on the Society 
• Juliet Birkbeck – Remembering Voices of Hatred 

September 2014 Synchroblog: Race, Violence, and Why We Need to Talk About It.

Issues of race and violence have crossed over the centuries. It’s embedded into human history and sometimes we think we’ve come further than we have.  The events in Ferguson are not just about Ferguson. They tell a bigger story, a story of racism and violence and power and division that is reflected not just in that one town in middle America but in neighborhoods, cities, the church, the world.

This month the Synchroblog will create a space to share our reflections about Race and Violence and Why We Need to Talk About It.  What is bubbling up?  What do these current events stir up in our own life and faith?  Why are these conversations so important? How can we be better participants in the conversation?  

We will be hosting this the 4th week of September instead of the third, so post by midnight on Tuesday, September 23rd.  Post your link here in the comment section as soon as your post is up. We will combine all of the links and post it on Wednesday morning, September 24th for everyone to share at the end of your posts.

We hope you can participate!