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
Category: Life Notes
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
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
Dreams and Dying, Part 1
Dreams and Dying, Part 1 I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Joel 2:28 I do not regularly journal about my dreams, although I believe it can be a helpful practice. Much has … Continue reading Dreams and Dying, Part 1
Grief, Part 6
Grief, Part 6 Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” Luke 22:19 Understanding and identifying the five stages of dying (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and … Continue reading Grief, Part 6
Grief, Part 5
Grief, Part 5 If a patient has had enough time and has been given some help in working through the previously described stages, he will reach a stage during which he is neither depressed nor angry about his “fate”…He will have mourned the impending loss of so many meaningful people and places and he will … Continue reading Grief, Part 5
George Floyd and Jesus
George Floyd and Jesus Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others. You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a … Continue reading George Floyd and Jesus
