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Tag Archives: comfort
For Someone in Deep Pain Who Does Not Yet Pray (prayer)
Let me begin by setting aside my skepticism, my sarcasm, my doubt, my intellectualized judgment, my clever snarky attitude that wants to shut me up and keeps me shut down. I do not release it completely, for it serves me … Continue reading
Posted in Prayers, Unitarian Universalism
Tagged atheist prayer, comfort, desperation, prayer, shame, suicide
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The Shared World: Lessons In Joy and (Dis)Comfort (sermon)
First Parish Church of Groton Karen G. Johnston, Ministerial Intern (audio version can be found here) Let’s do a short visualization exercise. That means when I say a word, you bring to mind an image or a word or phrase, … Continue reading
Posted in Interfaith, Sermons, Unitarian Universalism
Tagged airport, chaplaincy, comfort, disaster chaplaincy, discomfort, Gate A-4, Groton Interfaith Council, interfaith, interfaith dialogue, joy, mamool cookies, marathon bombing, Naomi Shihab Nye, newtown, pastoral care, the shared world
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