sharon hersh
@sharonhershSharon writes, talks, and wonders about recovery, Jesus, relationships, reality tv, and glory!
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“Burnout is a state of emptiness, to be sure, but it does not result from giving all I have; it merely reveals the nothingness from which I was trying to give in the first place.” ~Parker Palmer
It's odd that a religion that carries the cross as its central symbol should produce a culture of people who consider suffering, whether it comes from a broken body or a broken heart, a violation of their spiritual rights. ~ Eugene Peterson
Again @UnitedAirlines disappoints. I paid $150 to upgrade for outlets for my for my device bc I need to work. The outlet is broken. Their response is “too bad.” What other customer service would work like this??? I want my $150 refunded. #nevertrustUnitecAirlined
Do you know what stirs the greatest awe in humans? No, it's not nature. Those sunsets and waterfalls do move us but not most of all. We are most wowed by other humans who brave something, persevere hardship, or live with "moral beauty." I love this!
What I’ve learned the hard way, at times, is the work that I don’t do within is the war I wage with others. And sometimes, quite embarrassingly over the years, even on social media. If we don’t attend to our shadows, they may become hammers.
I wish therapy helped people figure out their stories, making everything make sense. But we live life with a staggering amount of mystery. Therapy is working through certain deeply meaningful scenes and relationships so you can catch again the scent of meaning and keep living.
He makes us utterly real and everything that is hurt dark harsh shameful irreparably damaged is in Him transformed. St Symeon
“Desires are manufactured as surely as are the commodities meant to fulfill them. We consume our needs, unaware that what we take to be a ‘need’ has been artificially produced.” Julia Kristeva, French-Bulgarian psychoanalyst
I am so moved by this. The world aches for kind men. At least, I know I do. I watched this game and it was passionate play to the last minute. If only men could be free to bring their hearts to life and cry and embrace beyond the playing fields of sports.
USA’s Antonee Robinson consoles Iran’s Ramin Rezaian after America’s victory. Iran’s regime has tried hard to brainwash its people against the US, but most Americans who’ve been to Iran will tell you it’s among the friendliest places they’ve ever visited.
This is the brain on what Jim Wilder calls “enemy mode,” the brain in sympathetic hyper-arousal, an autonomic state that “feels” right and certain, and operates in fight/flight. It takes self-knowledge and humility to recognize this and move toward empathy and connection.
If your *only* mental model for ministry or cultural engagement is WAR, your only celebrated virtue will be “courage,” your only work will be to “fight” or “take a stand,” your only view of people with differences will be “enemy combatants,” your only goal will be to “win.”
“What happens in psychotherapy? We ask the question – how can I be vulnerable and safe while the illusions of my life are exposed?” — James Finley
We are all are born into the world looking for someone looking for us, and we remain in this mode of searching for the rest of our lives. @curt_thompsonmd
“What we love we shall grow to resemble.” - Bernard of Clairvaux
At the innermost heart, at the farthest reach of our remembering, there is peace. The secret place of the Most High is there. Eden is there, the still waters, the green pastures. Home is there. -Frederick Buechner
Everyone needs to watch this. He exposes the gross underbelly of politicians who wrap themselves in “love of military” when campaigning, but not when it truly counts…legislating.
.@JonStewart: "I'm used to the hypocrisy…I'm used to the lies...I'm used to the cowardice...I'm used to all of it, but I am not used to the cruelty." #PACTAct (WARNING: profanity)
"We all fight for the passion. A fight is a great way to get out lots of burning desire without any risk of vulnerability. And in that sense we fight for the self protection too. Fights are this very dreadful combination or passion and protection." samjolman.com/why-we-love-ha…
It's astounding how differently we can read the Story. I really do see it as the unfolding Story of a generous God who invites us to become ambassadors of shalom to a hurting world. But for some, it still reads as a Story of protecting and preserving a fragile orthodoxy.
It is possible to hate your own tenderness, innocence, hunger for love, because you think it got you wounded. Your own heart is not the villain in your story.
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