Rev. Dr. Sarah Lund is a pastor, author, and advocate. She is an ordained minister and has served as pastor to churches in Brooklyn, NY, Minneapolis, MN, and New Smyrna Beach, FL. Rev. Dr. Lund served as Regional Minister in the Florida Conference of the United Church of Christ and as a Vice President for Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, IN. She holds degrees from Trinity University (BA), Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv), Rutgers University (MSW), and McCormick Theological Seminary (DMin), as well as a Certificate of Disability Ministry from United Theological Seminary. Rev. Dr. Lund received the Dell Award for Mental Health Education at the 30th General Synod of the United Church of Christ (UCC).
Rev. Dr. Lund currently serves as Minister for Disabilities and Mental Health Justice on the national staff of the UCC and as the first woman senior pastor of historic First Congregational UCC of Indianapolis, IN. Rev. Dr. Lund serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for Pathways to Promise, a national interfaith mental health organization. She is the author of Blessed Are the Crazy: Breaking the Silence About Mental Illness, Family, and Church, sharing personal stories of growing up in a family with serious mental illness and Blessed Union: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness and Marriage, sharing stories of her own marriage and the impact of mental illness. Rev. Dr. Lund is a wife, mother, and a person living in recovery from posttraumatic stress disorder. She blogs at www.sarahgriffithlund.com.