There are many occasions in the gospel where Jesus affirmed the need for faith and praised those who have faith even in the unseen. I personally want to see and touch and feel. And this call for faith is certainly a very difficult invitation. How long must one hang on to faith when we can’t [...]
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Faith
Posted in Church, Life, Personal, Psychology and Religion, Religion, Spirituality, Theology on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Depression, Spirituality, and the Quest for the Holy Grail
Posted in Church, Compassion, Depression, Health, Life, Personal, Psychology, Psychology and Religion, Religion, Spirituality, Theology, Uncategorized on June 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I just returned from Society for Pastoral Theology annual meeting. The last night of the meeting I had dinner with three very good friends discussing spirituality and health. As theologians we all felt that often the discussion regarding spirituality and health have been dominated by social scientists (although great, there’s often something lacking). The discourse [...]
Three Rattlesnakes in my Dream
Posted in Dreams, Health, Life, Personal, Psychology, Psychology and Religion, Snakes on June 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I was in a house back in Bangkok. The first house we were staying in. We had two sons. Around 4-5 and 10-12. I walked to the opened garage and heard a sound. I turned and saw a rattlesnake. There was a long wooden stick. I grabbed the stick and started beating the snake until [...]
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I couple of my esteemed colleagues published books that you may want to consider reading:
Jane Maynard, Transfiguring Loss: Julian of Norwich as a Guide for Survivors of Traumatic Grief. Pilgrim Press, 2006.
David Hogue, Remembering the Future, Imagining the Past: Story, Ritual, and the Human Brain. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2003.
Kathleen Greider, Much Madness Is Divinest Sense: Wisdom in Memoirs of Soul-Suffering. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2007.
Siroj Sorajjakool, Do Nothing: Inner Peace for Everyday Living: Reflections on Chuang Tzu's Philosophy: Templeton, 2009.
