by morgen | Oct 11, 2024 | Bread For The Journey, Uncategorized
We’re thinking about caring for people who are walking through pain and suffering, acknowledging that it may be awkward, and that sometimes helping hurts. In Part 1, we talked about the healing power of presence, that there is an almost mystical power in...
by morgen | Sep 19, 2024 | Bread For The Journey, Uncategorized
Listening is Caring Our family recently received a tough diagnosis. Our kids’ grandmother, my wife’s mom, my mother-in-law (who finally asked me a few years ago “Why don’t you call me Mom?”), one of the kindest, most conscientious, loyal, good-natured,...
by morgen | Aug 16, 2024 | Bread For The Journey, Uncategorized
It Takes Navigating Pain Wisely to Become A Non-Anxious Presence You may remember the story of The Velveteen Rabbit. It’s a children’s book with a very grown-up theme – that we become real through suffering. I think of that story as we turn to the question that...
by morgen | Aug 13, 2024 | Bread For The Journey, Uncategorized
This is Part 3 of a series. You can read Part 1 and Part 2 at these links. God’s Remedy for Releasing Anger Remember that in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is moving us beyond the letter of the law, beyond religious duties. As he says elsewhere, “Go and learn what...
by morgen | Aug 10, 2024 | Bread For The Journey, Uncategorized
This is part 2 in a series of 3 articles. You can read part 1 here. Drop the Rock The verb tense that Jesus uses when talking about anger in Matthew 5 suggests that the anger he’s talking about is ongoing. It’s not the rock that we pick up; it’s the rock that we hold...
by morgen | Aug 8, 2024 | Bread For The Journey, Uncategorized
Holding onto Hurt Corrodes the Heart Your anger can kill you. And letting go of it is not a simple act of the will. Even if we know we should let go, even if we’re determined to do so, we might find ourselves holding on even more tightly. Then we’ve got a toxic...
