Caring for people or for people with a disease?
We are not here to care for people with a disease, we are here to meet. Seeing the face of a disease and not the person is an issue for our society.
:- Doug.
Archive for November 5th, 2009
Seeing Jesus’ temptation scene in a new light
Last night I saw Jesus’s temptation scene in a new light—get about what you’re about, forget the stuff you “could” do, and get busy. You are not giving up anything but gaining clarity and power.
:- Doug.
I need to figure out how to get back to my feeling….
I need to figure out how to get back to my feeling, which I used to wear more closely to the surface (probably the wrong side out, though): I put it away after being told many times to get a thicker skin. This is a valuable insight—for there are the feelings that get hurt easily, the ones which turn in on yourself, and then there is feeling and sensitivity to what is there and valuable, but subtle.
:- Doug.
