THE 12 STRESSORS OF CHRISTMAS The Most Wonderful?? Christmas is a wonderful time of year. Hallmark and other movies contain bits of magic. My personal favorite is Miracle on 34th Street. For Christians, it’s a…
RAISING THE BARIt's Standard Practice, Except... Every congregation deserves healthy, supported clergy. Research shows that without five proven practices, lives are lost, and communities suffer. CRIC is leading a movement to change this. Many professions…
HORROR STORIES Impaired Clergy Horrors I never understood how people can “enjoy” a horror movie. Regular life is scary enough so paying somebody to scare me has no appeal. While carefully disguised, the impaired clergy…
Half Measures or All In? Half Measures Availed Us Nothing Many AA meetings begin with a reading that includes the following, “Half-measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point.” AA members have tried…
We Don't... ... but we have found some major missing pieces when considering the field of restoring behaviorally impaired clergy to health and ministry. True, Church Governing Bodies often have sound misconduct policies, employee assistance…
Whose Fault Is It? Other professions have successfully used long-term programs for restoring impaired professionals for decades. Whether their problems were related to alcohol, other addictions or severe mental health disorders; doctors, pharmacists, pilots and…
Retreat or Advance? Many years ago, I had a seminary professor whose nickname was “Red” Fred. He was so-called because of his flaming red hair, not because of his political leanings. An extraordinarily brilliant man,…
Gifts and Graces Abound CRIC has a wonderful board of multi-talented people from across the nation and from a variety of denominations. It also has some gifted and experienced consultants who bring needed specialized expertise…
Slow Growth - Steady Progress Alcoholics and addicts often want instant solutions to the challenges we face. That’s why we used fast acting drugs like alcohol to bring us relief or excitement. As a treatment…
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…
