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Five Days in a ‘Thin Place’

Five Days in a ‘Thin Place’

by social@thebtscenter.org | Nov 1, 2019 | 21stCenturyCulture, 21stCenturyReligion, 21stCenturySpirituality, Coping, From Our Archives

As someone who has volunteered in hospice for ten years and has written on the spirituality of dying and death, I am often asked about grief and coping with loss. I used to balk and say, “I do dying and death; not grief. I know nothing about coping with loss.” While I...
A Year of Lessons Learned at Bearings

A Year of Lessons Learned at Bearings

by Kay Ahmed | Jul 5, 2018 | 21stCenturyMinistry, Bearings Review, Bearings Review 2018

In our most recent issue, we invited contributors to explore the lessons they’ve learned throughout their lives that speak to the opportunities and challenges of ministry in these times. Nicole Lamarche, a self-described “spiritual entrepreneur,” shared the joys and...
Getting Our Bearings: Ministries of Coping

Getting Our Bearings: Ministries of Coping

by social@thebtscenter.org | Jun 6, 2018 | 21stCenturyCulture, 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturyMission, 21stCenturyReligion, 21stCenturySpirituality, Coping

If you look up the words “cope” or “coping” in a dictionary, you’ll find entries like these: “to struggle or deal with, especially on fairly even terms of with some degree of success,” “to face and deal with problems or difficulties, especially successfully or in a...
Life Happens

Life Happens

by social@thebtscenter.org | May 22, 2018 | 21stCenturyCulture, 21stCenturyReligion, 21stCenturySpirituality, Coping

In my new book, I know What Heaven Looks Like, the word “resilience” isn’t mentioned once; however, it’s a story about my life, and my life has surely been one of resilience. As someone who has overcome traumatic life circumstances including childhood abuse, poverty...

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