Anxiety and Death, Part 3 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest? Luke 12:25-26 Twenty-five times in the four Gospels, Jesus tells us not to … Continue reading Anxiety and Death, Part 3
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Podcast of Anxiety and Death, Part 2
Anxiety and Death, Part 2
Anxiety and Death, Part 2 Therefore, do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we wear?” …indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. Matthew 6:31-32 While I do not wish to pile more guilt or shame onto the already overburdened shoulders of my anxious brothers and sisters, I … Continue reading Anxiety and Death, Part 2
Podcast of Anxiety and Death
Anxiety and Death
Anxiety and Death And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? Matthew 6:27 Anxiety is rampant today. As I write this, we are five months into the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, which has increased the general levels of anxiety, but our anxiety pandemic began long … Continue reading Anxiety and Death
Podcast of Dreams and Dying, Part 3
Dreams and Dying, Part 3
Dreams and Dying, Part 3 Everything that’s good, everything that’s abiding, everything that’s worthy, everything that’s generative about a human being arises on the other side of our fear of death. Cynthia Bourgeault [1] Throughout this discussion I have presented dreams as if they can be interpreted literally, or that they can always be understood … Continue reading Dreams and Dying, Part 3
Podcast of Dreams and Dying, Part 2
Dreams and Dying, Part 2
Dreams and Dying, Part 2 Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him. John 11:11 Many years ago I was told that if a person died in a dream they would be dead in real life, too. I am not sure how anyone would know, but the thought was … Continue reading Dreams and Dying, Part 2
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