Originally posted on Winston Scrooge:
If my actions are motivated by shame then I am not exercising free will. I am acting out a prefabricated script that…
Month: December 2014
New Years Resolutions for Shame Based People
Originally posted on Winston Scrooge:
So you have decided to make a New Years Resolution and you feel ashamed for various reasons a good deal of the…
Spiritual Healers or Emotional Vampires?
You had asked for my observations on your paper, but I have only a couple of thoughts. When Apostle Paul says that ‘if in this life only… Read more “Spiritual Healers or Emotional Vampires?”
“What shall I say! And how shall I describe this Birth to you?”
Originally posted on Eclectic Orthodoxy:
Behold a new and wondrous mystery. My ears resound to the Shepherd’s song, piping no soft melody, but chanting full forth a…
Thoughts on Advent and Christmas
Originally posted on Winston Scrooge:
Stores started putting up Christmas decorations after Halloween this year. I do not know one person who thinks this a good thing.…
Transforming Shame Into Love, One Good Deed At A Time
Transforming Shame Into Love, One Good Deed At A Time By Jill Gross “No one is useless in the world who lightens the burdens of another.” ~Charles Dickens… Read more “Transforming Shame Into Love, One Good Deed At A Time”
Shame Begets Shame (Shamefessional #1)
Confessional + Shame = Shamefessional These are little blogs I’m going to be using a journalistic approach to dealing with my shame and my research into the… Read more “Shame Begets Shame (Shamefessional #1)”
I’m Not a (………………….) Christian Anymore
“People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.” -Soren Kierkegaard I received a message from a former teacher,… Read more “I’m Not a (………………….) Christian Anymore”
Grace, Moralism and Unmoral Christianity
Originally posted on Eclectic Orthodoxy:
In his recent blog article “The Un-moral Christian,” Fr Stephen Freeman criticizes the tendency to reduce the Christian life to obedience to…
The Succinctly-put Gospel
If I were to meet you on a train and ask you, “What is the center of the Christian message?,” how would you succinctly put that? “I… Read more “The Succinctly-put Gospel”
The Daring Adventure Life 