BLESSED MINDS - post-book group Q & A with the author, Rev. Dr. Sarah Lund, she/her
Minister for Disabilities and Mental Health Justice
Education for Faithful Action, Love of Church
United Church of Christ, National Ministries
As a follow up to their previous book study, Desert Palm will be hosting via Zoom and in person a Q & A on Sunday October 12th at 3 pm AZ / 4 pm NM & TX.
This is open to the Southwest Conference!
Save the date! Zoom link will be shared closer to the date.
Rev. Sarah Griffith Lund is one of the national leaders of the WISE movement, which seeks to broaden the UCC's welcome by reducing the stigma around mental illness including those experiencing neurodiversity. Neurodiversity pertains to "the range of differences in brain function and behavior among all humans”. Historically, people with a brain that functioned differently were punished or excluded. More recently, they were included. Yay! But it was, and still is, commonly felt that these brains need to be fixed so that the humans with these brains can function in society as we know it. Rev. Lund helps us appreciate their brains and de-stigmatizes them, inviting us to find ways for them to participate more fully in our congregations, communities, and families.
-submitted by Rev. Rich Doerrer-Peacock