Grief and Funeral
A Process-Relational Guide to Death, Grief, and Funerals
by Rick MarshallThis is a collection of resources for those who deal with death and grief and are in a pastoring role, who are interested in using a process-relational theology as a framework for aid and comfort, and who need to o..
BARE ATTENTION
“You’re snowballing,” she says in a tone of compassionate caution. “Yes, I know,” I say. It has been an intense day, an intense week, an intense month. There is too much to do, and my stores of energy, time, and focus do not feel up to the task of meeting the various demands that press in on me—mu..
TWO KARAMAZOV BROTHERS, HOPE, AND RADICAL SUFFERING
By Melissa D. Johnston
Family lore has it that on a slow, winding and climbing trip home through the Appalachian mountains my dad looked into the rear view mirror of his golden Grand Prix and saw his less-than-a-year-old daughter crying.
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
I pointed. “Bunny dead.” ..
TURNING MY BACK ON GODDE
by Connie Tuttle
If repentance is ‘turning back’ or ‘returning’ to Godde, then maybe it is our task of the Lenten season.
There is a special two year-old in my life right now and observing her behavior feels a little too familiar. Two year-olds, those infamous ‘terrible twos’ are working ver..
FINDING BALANCE
Phoenix, Arizona is one of the most interesting cities in the U.S. A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of visiting this retirement and vacationing hot bed while participating in a pastor’s retreat. As my flight was taking off, I found myself taking in its unique beauty one last time. As I..
THE LARGENESS OF LIFE
By Krista E. Hughes
Stacks-and-piles vs. Hours-and-days: In my last post that’s how I described the default mode of my approach to life most days. I am not proud of this. It’s just the honest truth. Despite my deeper wisdom that the moments of life are a gift, the demands of making a living—eve..
GOT TIME?
By Krista E. Hughes
What does your “real life” look like? Most days it seems I can measure mine along two intersecting axes:
There are the stacks and piles: papers to grade… dishes to wash… bills to pay… clothes to launder… correspondence to return… dust bunnies beasts to sweep up… books to ..
TASTE AND SEE
By Kirsten A. S. Mebust
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to the man, who was with her, and he ate. Genesis 3:6 NRSV
O taste..
ADVENTUROUS SPIRITUALITY IN REAL LIFE
By Bruce G. Epperly
One of my spiritual teachers Gerald May saw the heart of spirituality as involving the following practices: pausing, noticing, opening, yielding and stretching, and responding. Such practices are not intended to be esoteric or monastic, but can be embodied in our daily live..
NOTES FROM THE TEHOM
By Max Johnson
Anyone who knows me knows that I have a (perhaps somewhat unhealthy) love of all kinds of movies and television shows, often gleaming from them various philosophical and /or theological insights I can share with my students. I usually find at least something of interest even in “..