Author Archives: Drexel Rayford

About Drexel Rayford

Drexel has been senior pastor of four churches in Kentucky and Virginia, a psychiatric ward chaplain, denominational bureaucrat, and an erstwhile indie singer/songwriter/story-teller and seeker of authentic human vocation. Currently, Drexel is working at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center in the capacity of The Support Team Network manager, a hospital-based community partnership aimed at nurturing healing communities for discharged patients. He loves kayaking, road cycling, hiking, and all kinds of photography, but he loves his wife Vicki and blended family of three adult children more. He holds a Ph.D. in the Psychology of Religion and a pastoral counseling certificate from the University of Louisville, Department of Psychiatry.

On Chewing Mental Cud: Loneliness and Your Narcissism

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Drexel Rayford

At first blush, this might not make sense. How in the world does loneliness increase narcissism? If you’re lonely, don’t you long to connect with other people, not be consumed with yourself?  Well, stick with me here as I consider … Continue reading →

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“The Shoudda’s,” “Awfulizing,” and Distorted Perspective

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Drexel Rayford

In dealing with my own experience of loneliness, I’ve been conducting an ongoing effort to nurture new friendships and create a bit of community for myself since I moved to Birmingham on the heels of my divorce. So, instead of … Continue reading →

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