WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER After Paul, I say to each and everyone grace to you, and peace, from God. I am glad to tell you also that on September 13 next, we will start our Seminar year at Seminole United Methodist Church in a well appointed and comfortable room that accommodates about 30 people [...]
FIRST LISTEN There is a story about a baseball player who got up to bat. The pitcher threw and the player hit the ball way back to the fence in the outfield. He rounded 1st base, then 2nd, then 3rd, as he was heading home the other team was throwing the ball to the [...]
Complicated Grief Death and trauma are part of being alive! But we are just coming through a pandemic where illness and death visited every Nation in the world killing 3.93M people: grandparents, fathers, mothers, children, and friends. This might be a good time to talk about complicated grief. As Christians our hearts are anchored [...]
I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU DESOLATE— LOSS, GRIEF, RESILIENCE Ernesto Vasquez, MD July 2, 2021 In John 14:18 Jesus promises us that he will not leave us desolate. When I look at that passage in the light of Christ’s commandment of loving one another in John 13:34, then I begin to surmise how, at [...]
EMOTIONAL PAIN, GRIEF, TRAUMA Ernesto Vasquez, MD June 19, 2021 “Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will understand” ISAIAH 65:24 “My wife’s died and I am devastated,” was Jay’s opening sobbing sentence in our first session, “I feel so lost!” Jay explained that his wife had an MRI [...]
By: Betsy O’Callaghan GRIEF What do we do when someone we love dies? How can we walk through the fire and pain that comes from the loss of that person who held such a huge place in our hearts? One thing I am becoming aware of is how very much God loves us. He [...]
