A Time to Build and A Time to Tear Down

A Time to Build and A Time to Tear Down

This post is cross-posted at the Denver Presbytery Mental Health and Well-Being Blog. Our religious traditions often include wisdom literature, whether those are in the forms of scripture or in the forms of interpretation and midrash. Wisdom is meant to be a grounding...
What Can We Do?

What Can We Do?

Written by: Rev. Amy Petre Hill, Minister of Mental Health and Inclusion Rev. Dr. Jason C. Whitehead, LCSW, Mosaic Insight Save Lives: Help Support Groups Meet Online The current reality of COVID-19 has called churches and spiritual leaders to respond in creative and...
Precaution As a Spiritual Practice

Precaution As a Spiritual Practice

It seems you can’t spell pandemic without panic, and that is what we have in spades these days. This is mostly seen in the hoarding of materials and politicization of the process of taking care of ourselves and one another. Panic can be a helpful tool; it is...
Frames

Frames

Reality is ultimately a selective act of perception and interpretation. A shift in our perception and interpretation enables us to break old habits and awaken new possibilities for balance, healing, and transformation. David Simon Several years ago, we purchased a...
Forgiveness, Compassion, and Change

Forgiveness, Compassion, and Change

een trying to teach my daughters how to apologize, mostly by example. I mess up this parenting thing often enough that my kids are used to me apologizing. I get angry, frustrated, or despondent, when they don’t respond the way a good rational adult should. Then...
On (not) Seeking Change

On (not) Seeking Change

Most of us may find change to be a mixed bag. On one hand, we love the idea of change. In theory, we know that the world changes around us, that people and situations and ideas can change. We may even welcome the possibility of change when greet each new day. On the...