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Suffering and God’s Loving Accompaniment

by andyotto | Jun 19, 2023 | The Tough Questions | 0

What’s is God’s role in suffering? It might be helpful to see God as a parent who accompanies their child in pain.

Disidentifying with the False Self

by andyotto | Jan 3, 2022 | Awareness | 1

We all struggle with a “shadow side” that gets us anxious or judgemental. Ignatius invites us to externalise this part of ourselves a bit so we can let our true selves emerge, the part of us that is compassionate and loving.

Feeding Our Pain

by andyotto | Sep 10, 2018 | Awareness | 1

There are some who live lives of anger and hurt, and they seek to continue to feed their pain. This is a sign of the evil spirit or, in the language of Eckhart Tolle, the “pain-body”. They key is not identifying ourselves with it.

Drinking the Cup that the Father Gave Me

by guest | May 3, 2018 | Essays, Guest Posts | 0

Melissa finds comfort in the cross, which appears all around her.

Four Nights Away

by guest | Dec 21, 2016 | Essays, Guest Posts | 5

The darkness of Winter Solstice reminds us that we’ll soon be met with reassuring light.

The Problem of Pain

by andyotto | Aug 15, 2016 | The Tough Questions | 8

How can one find God in the tremendous grief and loneliness of pain and suffering? “Spirituality is always eventually about what you do with your pain,” says Richard Rohr.

Saving My Sole

by guest | Jul 25, 2016 | Awareness, Essays, Prayer | 7

This is the first in a series on Alexander’s pilgrimage on El Camino de Santiago Compostela. His hopes for prayer seemed initially squashed by the pain he endured in the first few days.