Only grieving can heal grief; the passage of time will lessen the acuteness, but time alone, without the direct experience of grief, will not heal it.
04119 – Grieving Heals Grief
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04051 – Choral Singing = Unique Experience
Singing in a choir is an absolutely unique experience. It is one of the most important things in the world. Where else do you have everyone doing the same thing at the same time without the use of special equipment and for a greater purpose, and no one is sitting on...
03932 – Praying: Too Empty? Too Simple?
Praying for the people in this terrible Israeli/Hamas conflict feels too empty and too simple as I sit in my comfortable chair in a place where I am not being threatened by anybody, unlike the people in that region.
03820 – Grief and Love
That grief that lingers in your heart, or for some is intense and ever present...it's there because you loved, gave and received love, else grief would not exist. So, in your sorrow, may you experience the sweetness of knowing you loved deeply, now a gift that cannot...
03557 – Don’t Trade Authenticity for Safety
If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.
03535 – Where You Begin
The first step for church leaders (one meant to represent God) to regain trust by those damaged by the church is not to ask for itbut to genuinely ask them questions about their experience. “I want to know what this has done to you, how it affects you . . .” is where...
03517 – Be Ready to Welcome
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
03483 – Orthodoxy vs. Orthopraxy
Religion without the Spirit, without authentic spirituality, basically becomes a way to give divine sanction/endorsement/legitimization to our biases and prejudices and it becomes a way to maintain the status quo. It also becomes a means of exerting control over...
03471 – Experiencing Connection with the Divine
Amid the challenges of life, we seek--consciously or unconsciously--to experience that original connection with the Divine in ourselves and the world. God is on our side. God's loving energy courses through us, inspiring adventure and healing wounds. God is out to...
03441 – The Infinity of Life
The realm of God is within us and among us and around us...All the wonders you seek, and the inspiration you crave, are right where you are, within your own personal experience. Thin places, holy isles, burning bushes, angelic songs, and magi bearing gifts are...