June 17, 2018 Peg Weissbrod
Tomorrow morning my husband and I are taking off for study leave with our beloved teacher, Richard Groves. Richard is the founding Director of The Sacred Art of Living Center in Bend, Oregon. A former priest, chaplain, and hospice executive, Richard, along with his late wife, Mary, founded the center to provide workshops and professional development focused on whole person caregiving and especially training people to walk with others through death and bereavement. Clergy, doctors, nurses, and other caregivers take a variety of courses through the center and travel with Richard to sites that are rich in spiritual history. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 2 Corinthians: 5: 6-9 and 16-17, Caleb Wright, endure, freedom, Give Me Jesus, Juneteenth, Lauren Wright, Mother WIllie Mae WrightMarch 4, 2018 Peg Weissbrod
My dog, Trouper, has a problem with resentment. If there were a 12-Step Program for dogs, I would encourage him to attend the meetings. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: acknowledgement, consciousness, Desmond Tutu, forgiveness, forgiving, free, freedom, grace, grief, healing, love, Luke 23: 34, negative conditioning, pain, reconciliation, rejection, relationships, release, resentment, restoration, Richard Rohr, self-condemnation, self-loathing, stories, The Book of ForgivingApril 23, 2017 Peg Weissbrod
Yesterday, my husband took my yellow dress to the dry cleaners. And he went up to the counter and very proudly told the person at the counter, “My wife’s preaching tomorrow. Can I have this pressed?” And some man yelled out, “Man, you better stop her!”
Tags: 1 Timothy 2, equality, freedom, gender, Mark 14, risen, the woman with the jar, women