Here in Minneapolis there’s still a lot of snow on the ground, though the snowbanks have diminished during some recent unseasonably warm days. (For us in Minnesota “unseasonably warm” in early March means highs in the upper 30’s, maybe even low 40’s.) Also, the days are getting noticeably longer, and Lent has begun, both signs […]
The Practice of Grief
One of my jobs right now is as Associate Chaplain for Christian and Interfaith Life at Carleton College. Carleton is a small liberal arts college with about 2000 students. This term, I was asked to convene some sort of grief group, as an alternate or addition to the closed clinical groups offered by the student […]
Addiction and Theology: Scientific and Wisdom Perspectives
Many of us are concerned about addiction, but struggle clinically and theologically to understand the phenomenon. To the family member, employer, or friend, it looks perplexing at best, and is often experienced as hurtful betrayal or outright defiance of a covenanted relationship. Civic society and social institutions have similarly wrestled with conceptualizations of addicted behavior […]
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