by Michael | May 28, 2023 | Clinical Pastoral Education, Faith-Related, Spirituality, Work
The other night I was ending a pastoral education group. We had spent three hours doing quality work together but part of the discussion was tense with grief, unsettled surprise, and familiar but contested aching. Discussion took us from foundational theorists in...
by Michael | Apr 30, 2023 | Faith-Related
Soak it up. You’ve been through a lot. Bless God and you that night is ending, that joy is coming.
by Michael | Apr 12, 2023 | Faith-Related, Spirituality
by Michael | Feb 8, 2023 | Faith-Related, Interior Life
I have been thinking about dreams, at least, since I listened to Dr. Sam Chand talk about himself as a dream releaser when he consulted with us at Sweet Holy Spirit almost twenty years ago. I was very new and just as young while serving the church. Almost daily, I...
by Michael | Oct 17, 2021 | Faith-Related
There is so much in this message. I saw it yesterday and decided I wanted to chronicle it as much for myself as for blog readers. It isn’t my habit to share sermons but there’s rich material about shame-based theology we must confront, truth about process...