Tag Archives: pain
Faith in Divine Presence
I would just be there with homeless youth in a state of not knowing and trust. Continue Reading Faith in Divine Presence
Keeping Faith with Our Ancestors: Weekly Summary
The dead are at one with the living, whether they’re our direct ancestors or the saints in glory. Continue Reading Keeping Faith with Our Ancestors: Weekly Summary
Stay Where the Pain Is
Mature religion always teaches some form of contemplation—to break our addiction to egoic, disconnected thinking. Continue Reading Stay Where the Pain Is
Let Go and Let God
There are times when life becomes infinitely more tolerable if the burden is shared with a God who loves me. Continue Reading Let Go and Let God
Stinking Thinking
Spirituality and Addiction Stinking Thinking Monday, November 15, 2021 I do not understand my own behavior. I fail to carry out the very things I want to do, and find myself doing the very things I hate. . . . For although the will to do what is good is in me, the performance is… Continue Reading Stinking Thinking
Everybody Grieves: Weekly Summary
Everybody Grieves Saturday, August 7, 2021 Week Thirty-One Summary and Practice Sunday, August 1—Friday, August 6, 2021 Sunday Because we’re human, we hurt. Because we’re human, we have tears to cry. Because we’re human, our hearts are broken. Because we’re human, we understand that loss is a universal language. Everybody grieves. —Rev. Jacqui Lewis Monday… Continue Reading Everybody Grieves: Weekly Summary
The Gift of Tears
Everybody Grieves The Gift of Tears Tuesday, August 3, 2021 The human instinct is to block suffering and pain. This is especially true in the West where we have been influenced by the “rationalism” of the Enlightenment. As anyone who has experienced grief can attest, it isn’t rational. We really don’t know how to hurt!… Continue Reading The Gift of Tears
The Devastation of Grief
Everybody Grieves The Devastation of Grief Monday, August 2, 2021 In the Hebrew Scriptures, we find Job moving through Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s well-known stages of grief and dying: denial, anger, bargaining, resignation, and acceptance. The first seven days of Job’s time on the “dung heap” of pain are spent in silence, the immediate response matching the… Continue Reading The Devastation of Grief
Vulnerability: A Divine Condition
Everybody Grieves Vulnerability: A Divine Condition Sunday, August 1, 2021 We live in a finite world where everything is dying, shedding its strength. This is hard to accept, and all our lives we look for exceptions to it. We look for something certain, strong, undying, and infinite. Religion tells us that the “something” for which… Continue Reading Vulnerability: A Divine Condition