Mennonite Brethren Herald welcomes your letters on issues relevant to the Mennonite Brethren Church, especially in response to material published in the Herald . Please keep your letters courteous, brief and about one subject only. We will edit letters for length and clarity. We will not publish letters sent anonymously, although we may withhold names from publication at the request of the letter writer and at our discretion.
Publication is also subject to space limitations.
Because the Letters column is a free forum for discussion, it should be understood that letters represent the position of the letter writer, not necessarily the position of the Herald or the Mennonite Brethren Church. I am always happy to see a church publication or program attempt to deal with mental illness. I was also happy to see that you published stories by sufferers. Usually one only gets the comments of so-called experts, when the only real experts are those who have been there. I was also glad to hear that some churches are caring and sensitive and do not treat the mentally ill person any differently from any other ill person.