Category Archives: Spirituality

Training – When Religion Gets Sick: A Guide for Therapists

Here’s the info for an upcoming workshop I’ll be presenting.  (Please see the end of this post for a 1 hour, abbreviated version I’ll be offering for NAMI on September 17.) When Religion Gets Sick: A Guide for Therapists 3 … Continue reading

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Why Aren’t These People Miserable?!

We all know people who seem to be miserable for what seems like no good reason. But what about people who ought to be miserable, but just aren’t? Are they delusional, or might they have something to teach us? I … Continue reading

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A Trip to Rohrville

I’ve been building my own website at http://www.wmeades.com for at least 15 years now. Since I didn’t know what I was doing when I started it, it slowly turned into this rather disorganized “thing” as I added stuff. I describe … Continue reading

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Chapter 20 from our book, Whirlwind

Milton and I have been plodding along our book.  The title has evolved to Whirlwind: Journeys with Job through Grief, Anxiety, and Pain. Here’s another chapter…. 20. How Much Less a Mortal Job 25:5-6  If even the moon is not … Continue reading

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Study Group on Job

Hello Friends, Beginning Thursday, September 27, I will be leading a study group on the biblical book of Job, shaped by the book my friend, Dr. Milton Horne, and I are writing.  The group will meet from 6:30 to 7:30, … Continue reading

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A Way Back to Soul – Part 11

Today I’m blogging about “authority,” and it’s going to take more than one post to cover… I’m convinced that many people throw out the spirituality baby with the religious bathwater over what they perceive to be ridiculous arguments related to … Continue reading

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A Way Back to Soul – Part 1

A few weeks ago I was talking with some pastors about faith, and the loss of it.  We had all bumped up against those who had once believed in a loving God as described by the Christian tradition, but who … Continue reading

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Free Seminar: Anxiety, Depression, and the Spiritual Journey

Hello Friends, On Thursday evening, June 18, the Waco Partnership for Psychological and Spiritual Care will be hosting my seminar titled “Anxiety, Depression, and the Spiritual Journey.” Information and the RSVP link can be found HERE. WPPSC is dedicated to … Continue reading

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Be Curious

Presence guides us to a healthy sense of self-restraint and self-sacrifice, enabling us to play with our attachments, to confront our own prison.  We may learn to slip out of the stranglehold of egoism, which is based in desire and … Continue reading

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Knee deep in a river, searching for water…

We are knee deep in a river, searching for water.  We are part of an invisible river, but we are so distracted by outer things and what we imagine they could mean to us that we lose contact with the … Continue reading

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