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Advocacy: Champions for Change -Alcohol: Legal and Lethal – March 18, 2022

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Carol Pine Carol Pine is a person in long-term recovery from alcoholism. She is the co-founder of the Interfaith Addiction and Recovery Coalition based in Savannah, GA., past chair of the Hazelden/Betty Ford Board, current Faith Partners Board member, and co-creator of a Faith Partners Team at House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, […]

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Perspectives – The Patriarchs of Genesis; Our Companions in Experiencing a Higher Power

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Richard D. Grant, Jr., Ph.D. Richard D. Grant, Jr,. Ph.D., is a psychologist who had a private practice in Austin, Texas, for over 40 years. With Andrea Miller, he is the author of Recovering Connections, a book which combines recovery, Christianity, and Jungian psychology. He is very interested in The Twelve Steps corresponding to Biblical

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Tools & Strategies – Necessity the Mother of Invention: Providing Hope in Any Form

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The pandemic has changed everything! The last 18 months or so has been a challenge for most everyone, but with challenge comes opportunity. I have rested in the words of Paul from Romans 8:28, “And we know all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to

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Perspectives – Addiction and the Road to Damascus (Abbreviated Version)

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Rev. Alexander E. Sharp, Executive Director, Clergy for a New Drug Policy If asked to name the American thinkers of the past 150 years whom I most admire, I would place the great pragmatic philosopher William James at the very top of the list. Starting as a professor of physiology at Harvard in 1873, James

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Message from the Director – Finding Your Voice

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Drew Brooks – Faith Partners Director The pandemic has revealed many things, especially the needs and gaps in our response to addiction and mental health issues. During the last 18 months there has been a significant increase in alcohol and drug use, relapse from addiction, drug overdoses, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideas, compounded grief, emotional isolation,

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Advocacy: Champions for Change – Bringing Hope to Those Struggling with Addiction

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Excerpt from St. Peter Catholic Church, Lincoln, NE “Imagine people in your congregation being as comfortable bringing casseroles to a family whose mother is in alcohol or drug treatment as one who is hospitalized for cancer.” This hope, expressed by Rev. Otto Schultz in the brochure for the Nebraska Faith Partners, gets right to the

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