An Act of Faith: One Friend’s Loss is a Community’s Gain

Devastated by the suicide of a dear friend, a young man turns his grief into action to help others contend with issues of mental and emotional health

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If religion and mental health were two colliding cars, could they meet without crashing?

Many people who have been through life-shaping moments, like the Kennedy assassination, remember where they were and how they felt on that very day. Though I wasn’t alive during that era, two years ago I had such a moment in my life. I woke up, and like every other day