November 4, 2018 Peg Weissbrod
One of my favorite scenes in all of cinema comes from the animated movie Inside Out. If you haven’t seen it, it takes place in the mind of an eleven-year-old girl named Riley. The main characters are Riley’s emotions. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: active love, Ada Maria Isasí-Díaz, grief, Inside Out movie, John 11, listening, Mi familia de Dios, mourning, Presbyterian Church’s Young Adult Volunteers, Ruth 1, solidarity, stories, the immigrant, the orphan, the outsider, the widowMarch 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 ForgivingMarch 26, 2017 Peg Weissbrod
This is one of my favorite passages in all of scripture. Before reality TV and “The Bachelor” (or Bachelorette), God hands the rose to David! Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 1 Samuel 16, anointing, David, grief, hope, love, moving on, outward appearances, Saul, The Bachelorette, the chosen one, trustMarch 22, 2009 Peg Weissbrod
Snakes get our attention. Even hearing the word snake can get most of us Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: forgiveness, grief, impatience, John 3, manna, Numbers 21, salvation, snakes