It’s called compassion fatigue. It’s a condition involving physical, psychological, and spiritual symptoms. It’s sometimes described as a gradual lessening of compassion. It happens to care givers, both those in the helping professions as well as those who have a primary role caring for loved ones. It happens when an… Read More »Caring Too Much?
I don’t know him very well. The truth is, if it wasn’t for Facebook, I probably wouldn’t know him at all. He’s a young man in his twenties living in another part of the world. We’ve exchanged a few emails and other chat messages. He’s bright, educated, well versed in… Read More »Music and the Human Spirit
What good are spiritual practices? Why take time to pray, meditate, journal, or spend time to intentionally develop the spiritual dimension of life? There are some critics who claim that a focus on spirituality is nothing more than self-indulgence. I’ve heard this criticism many times. Some of those who make… Read More »Spiritual Practices: What Good Are They?
It’s happened before. I’m sure it will happen again. Each time, I learn something new about myself. While I find it difficult to say that the new insight is sufficient to make it a good experience, I can’t really say it’s been a bad one. It’s just part of the… Read More »Starting Over Again
Over the last few weeks, a new activity has become part of my daily routine. Around six o’clock in the evening, I step out the back door of my home and walk through the back yard to inspect the condition of the garden. It would actually be more accurate to… Read More »Lessons from the Garden
If you asked a group of people about their experiences of spirituality and their beliefs, you’d quickly discover that people who maintain regular spiritual practices and strive to integrate the wisdom lived from those practices with their daily lives tend to believe wide variety different things. While there may be… Read More »Spirituality, Belief and Truth
Over the past month, I’ve read a number of different blogs and spent time on Twitter in attempt to understand how writers on spirituality are using technology. Much of what I read could be described as “spirituality lite” because it is characterized by affirmations, positive thinking, and a wealth of… Read More »Spiritual Growth: Where Does it Lead?
