Emerging Voices | Why We Must Stop Proclaiming the ‘Shame Gospel’
Preachers and pastors, knowingly or unknowingly, sometimes appeal to shame in sermons, convinced if someone feels bad enough, then they might change
Tag : Shame
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Meeting Shame with Compassion: A Pure Land Antidote
“Trespassers will be forgiven.” I was driving across the country to see my friend and Sunday worship was on the radio. As the bishop read these
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Dealing with Unrequited Love: How I Started to Let Go and Love Myself
“If you don’t love yourself, you’ll always be looking for someone else to fill the void inside you, but no one will ever be able to do it.”
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Post-punk collective Shame play SWG3 as they tour their latest album Food for Worms
Shame emerge from small gigs in Brixton pubs to Glasgow’s SWG3 on their headline UK/EU tour. The environment of SWG3 is very fitting for a
Book review: Mending the mind – The art and science of overcoming clinical depression (2021) by Oliver Kamm
Back in 2019 I reviewed a book about depression (see Lost connections – Why you’re depressed by Johann Hari (kimtasso.com)) which was dismissive
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How I Learned the Power of Letting Go After My Father Developed Dementia
“There is beauty in everything, even in silence and darkness.” ~Helen Keller When I was eleven years old, I would force myself to stay awake
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It Takes Money to be Moral: Thoughts on Academic Ghosting
This week the Chronicle published a fascinating essay about academic ghosting. I am quoted in it. The author and I spoke at great length
What Food Reveals About Shame Culture and Insufferable High Horses
I’m a creature of habit. I like to tell people it’s my children who spiral if their nighttime routines get out of whack, but really, it’s me.
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20 Times People Posted Something So Embarrassing, It Could Only Be Described As ‘Sad Cringe’ (New Pics)
Have you ever looked at someone and seen how they didn’t feel any shame in what they were doing? However, it appeared that all the shame was passed
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4 Things I Needed to Accept to Let Go and Heal After Trauma
TRIGGER WARNING: This post references sexual abuse and may be triggered to some people. “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive
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4 Things I Needed to Accept to Let Go and Heal After Trauma
TRIGGER WARNING: This post references sexual abuse and may be triggered to some people. “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive
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You Have Just Five Minutes Left to Live – What Are Your Deathbed Regrets?
“Yesterday was heavy—put it down.” ~Unknown Death is still taboo in many parts of the world, yet I must confess that I’ve become fascinated
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Shame-Conviction and Guilt-Conviction
Christopher Flanders (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is associate professor of missions at Abilene Christian University. He served as a missionary
To Stop Feeling Stuck After a Breakup, You Will Need To Grieve Your Old Identity
When a significant relationship ends, or even when you step away from a job or career that you thought was ‘it’, you grieve the loss. Even though
To Stop Feeling Stuck After a Breakup, You Will Need To Grieve Your Old Identity
When a significant relationship ends, or even when you step away from a job or career that you thought was ‘it’, you grieve the loss. Even though