It’s a difficult topic. Most people prefer avoiding it entirely. But for those of us who are Christian, we’re at the time of year when it’s a topic that’s difficult to avoid. Suffering. During the traditional forty-day season of Lent, Christians are asked to reflect on the suffering of Jesus… Read More »Lent: Pain, Suffering, and the Cross
As I write, it’s been fourteen months since SARS-CoV-2 emerged. That’s the virus that causes the disease we call COVID-19. Because of this virus, many ways in which we live have changed. Some people are attempting to live life as they did before the emergence of the virus: eating in… Read More »Spirituality & the Pandemic: Stress, Depression, and Anxiety
Lent is just not the same this year. Many people value the practice of receiving ashes on their foreheads. In past years in urban areas, clergy have stood on street corners offering ashes-to-go to anyone who wanted them. This year, many churches have no services or are open for limited… Read More »Three Spiritual Practices for Lent during the Pandemic
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One aspect of my spiritual practice is something called “spiritual reading.” It’s a contemplative practice of slowly reading an inspirational text and allowing it to speak to or captivate me in some way. When the pandemic began in Spring of 2020, I turned to The Revelations of Divine Love by… Read More »Spiritual Nourishment in a Pandemic
Over the last two decades, experts in organizational psychology and behavior have studied how people, organizations, and larger social systems manage change. While there are various models that describe change, there are some clear markers common among those models that are found in the process of change. Even when people… Read More »Change, Fear, and Division
Facebook and Twitter: those are social media platforms I mostly use. LinkedIn – I have an account, but don’t find it very helpful for my work. While my younger friends all use Instagram, I haven’t gotten on to it. Perhaps that’s because I don’t take many pictures, either of myself… Read More »It’s an Ordinary Life
I’ve heard it said repeatedly in the last week: “This is not who we are.” But clearly, it is who we are. Denying the reality of it doesn’t make it go away. The opposite is true: the only way to get past the division is to recognize it, face it,… Read More »Healing the Nation: A Call to a Change of Heart and Mind
