by Melody Bacon, Ph.D | Sep 22, 2013 | Newsletter, Slider, Spirituality, The Grace Filled Divorce
To say that one must live with uncertainty doesn’t begin to get at the tenuous, precarious nature of faith. The minute you begin to speak with certitude about God, he is gone. –Christian Wyman in “My Bright Abyss” Years ago a friend of mine once...
by Melody Bacon, Ph.D | May 27, 2013 | Grief, Renewal, Spirituality
One is afraid. Naturally. Who is not afraid of pure space— that breath-taking empty space of an open door?” –Anne Morrow Lindbergh in Gift from the Sea Once or twice a week, I take the train to Los Angeles. It is a relaxing...
by Melody Bacon, Ph.D | May 6, 2013 | Spirituality
But what a relief it can be to befriend contingency, to meet God right here in the havoc of chance, to feel enduring love like a stroke of pure luck. — Christian Wiman in My Bright Abyss I’ll never forget my first terrifying encounter of...
by Melody Bacon, Ph.D | Apr 20, 2013 | Grief, Renewal, Spirituality
One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach waiting for a gift from the sea. — Anne Morrow Lindberg Here’s what I know about grief. It can hit you like a sledgehammer coming up behind you, catching you unawares. One minute you are living...
by Melody Bacon, Ph.D | Jan 1, 2013 | Divorce, Slider, Spirituality, The Grace Filled Divorce
As I had struggled through the demise of my marriage, and as I had struggled to define for myself the meaning of spiritual faith, I had mistakenly regarded them as separate issues.”- David Brill in A Separate Place. The last thing people thing of when they hear...
by Melody Bacon, Ph.D | Sep 3, 2012 | Newsletter, Slider, Spirituality
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. — C. G. Jung Our society on the whole is an extraverted culture. We look to the outside for wisdom, solutions, love,...
