BishopCraig Podcast- Evolving Visions and Versions of God, Part I April 28, 2013
- Tragedy in Boston: The Message from the Compassionate Heart Community on April 21st April 21, 2013
- Lineage and the Evils of Apostolic Succession April 10, 2013
- Sermon from the Ordination of Yvonne Younes April 8, 2013
- The Buddhist Christian Blog
Tag Archives: illness
Mental Illness
In light of the Newtown Massacre there are many issues clamoring for our attention. Gun control is certainly one of them, and we simply can no longer tolerate the unreasonable argument that any private citizen needs an assault rifle of … Continue reading
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Tagged illness, mental, psychiatric, psychological, stigma, treatment
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Daily Teaching for Friday, September 21st
Everyone gets sick and everyone dies. Much of our struggle with illness and injury results from a deluded notion that we shouldn’t get sick or die. To make things worse, some simplistic religions have taught that health and wellness are rewards we … Continue reading
Life Is Not Happy-Clappy
As much as many people would like to deny it, life is not happy-clappy. Every day people get sick, and every day they die – and of course, every day people are born and recover from illness. It’s not the … Continue reading
Daily Teaching for Thursday, July 5th
It’s hot, very hot. On days there are heat advisories one of my daughter’s friends (in their early twenties) will call with a great idea like, “Hey, let’s go for a run.” When she reminds them that there is a … Continue reading
Daily Teaching for Saturday, July 1st
It is a sad commentary on American culture that so many of us have to be very tired or sick before we allow our emotions to surface.
Daily Teaching for Saturday, June 30th
It is a sad commentary on American culture that so many of us have to be very tired or sick before we allow our emotions to surface.
Value
Yesterday I wrote about our tendency we have to look outside of ourselves for validation. I believe that we will never be happy until we come to realize that, simply by virtue of our being, we have intrinsic value that … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, health, illness, integrity, morality, spirituality
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Rats!
I was looking at an abandoned home in Milwaukee a few days ago when the woman who lived next door to this boarded up mess of a house asked me who she could talk to about the fact that the … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, evil, health, illness, poverty, racism, rodents
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Daily Teaching for Friday, March 30th
Chronic illness can be a profound spiritual teacher because it reminds us of the impermanence of all things. The limitations we experience in illness offer us a glimpse into a great truth of life – the truth that those things … Continue reading
