Merry Christmas from the Center for the Restoration of Impaired Clergy (CRIC) How do Christians make cheerful Christmas greetings when so much of our world is so deeply troubled and so many individuals including clergy,…
Just exactly what does CRIC do? We start with gratitude for the rapidly growing number of people who are part of this work. Some don’t quite seem to understand it. CRIC doesn’t offer therapy. It doesn’t…
Recovery Can Happen - Compassionate Accountability I belong to a recovery group for clergy working with many kinds of behavioral health disorders. It is unique because recovery offers unique challenges to clergy. Every meeting includes…
Or - The CRIC Proves That Clergy Have Human Problems, Too!! Unbelievable “Seriously, CRIC needed to prove that clergy have human problems like addictive disorders and mental illnesses?” sighed CRIC Board Chair, Rev. Wendy Miller…
CRIC is Compassionate Accountability Compassionate Accountability describes CRIC’s work in a nutshell. We want church bodies to follow policies motivated by compassion for behaviorally impaired clergy. We also want clergy with addictions and mental health…
Compassionate Accountability The phrase Compassionate Accountability is the tag line for CRIC and the title of this newsletter. This phrase describes our work in an absolute nutshell. We want church bodies to be motivated by…
Moving the Riverbed Many years ago, the psychologists Barry Stevens and Fritz Perls popularized this idea in therapy, “Don’t push the river. It flows by itself.” People often ask if CRIC will be a referral…
CRIC is Now Official Thanks to the efforts of Rev. Andrew Scanlan-Holmes, The Center for the Restoration of Impaired Clergy is a non-profit corporation in the State of Indiana. We are now applying for IRS…
The First Issue of CRIC News!! We’re Connecting New Name: We’re connecting with a new name. We are now The Center for the Restoration of Impaired Clergy. It makes it sound like we occupy a…
