I was talking recently with two women who lead a grief recovery ministry. One of their challenges, they shared, was getting church members to attend their group. They knew several Christians who were experiencing deep… The Stigma of Self-Care
Maggie O’Farrell is the author of I Am, I Am, I Am. In the book, she recounts seventeen brushes with death. They include the following: She had a machete pressed to her throat during a… Three Things to Do in Despair
Frederick Buechner, in A Crazy, Holy Grace: The Healing Power of Pain and Memory, writes about stewarding pain: I told this story to a group in Texas once, and afterward the retreat leader came up… Stewarding Pain
In his book Jesus Laughed, Robert Darden writes this: In fact, there are people who claim that laughter, or humor of any kind, isn’t Christian. There are folks who tell us that we shouldn’t laugh… All In: According to Benedict (Rung #10)