The effects of trauma often surface in our embodied existence. What about hope? Cole Arthur Riley, author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black Liturgies, talks with Amy Julia…
It is so easy to get into a mentality that thinks, if I only do x, y, or z right, then I will be healed. It is so easy to…
“This would be a good week to get sick.” I distinctly remember saying those words as I drove to church one Sunday morning. I was ticking through all the events…
In a world of pain, can one person—one action—make a difference? Becca Stevens, author of Practically Divine, talks with Amy Julia Becker about the healing available through the practice, practicality,…
Healing begets healing. Those were the words that came to me last week as I looked at a story in the gospel of Luke where Jesus heals a man with…
Anxiety often wakes me up in the morning (not to mention in the middle of the night). My concern over the to-do list and my unspoken fear about what will…
As we pay attention to pain and ask for help, we are already taking the third step toward healing. The third step is to, in Father Gregory Boyle’s words, “surrender…
After we pay attention to pain, the second step to healing is to ask for help. There are two ways we can ask for help. I think of them as…
The first step in receiving God’s healing is to pay attention to pain. Whether it is the pain of an aching back or the pain of a sharp word directed…
How can we receive healing? Pay attention to pain. Ask for help. Surrender to healing. I had a chance to preach at our church last Sunday about the story of…
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