Dear Jean, I was distressed to learn that you suffered a heart attack last month, but was also relieved to hear of your improving health and current… Read more “Dear Jean: Thoughts & Prayers of Suspicion Over Thoughts & Prayers”
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Dear Jean: 50 Years Apart…Less 2 Days
Dear Jean, I rather like the reality that you were born on September 10 in 1928 and I was born on September 08 in 1978. Not quite… Read more “Dear Jean: 50 Years Apart…Less 2 Days”
Dear Jean: Water and Innocence
Dear Jean, It’s been an age since I’ve written to you. I’ve been remiss. I listen to your talks and read your books, and I would love… Read more “Dear Jean: Water and Innocence”
Dear Jean, Week 7: I Don’t Birthday Well
I don’t “birthday” well. Erin Thomas: b. September 08, 1978 Jean Vanier: b. September 10, 1928 We are nearly a perfectly golden fifty years apart. You have… Read more “Dear Jean, Week 7: I Don’t Birthday Well”
Dear Jean, Week 6: “Painting is the Song of the Heart”
Dear Jean, I’m sitting here in front of my computer on a cool drizzly day supposedly writing my final arts therapy paper. If I’m honest, I have… Read more “Dear Jean, Week 6: “Painting is the Song of the Heart””
Dear Jean, Week 5: Is Fear Really Sinful?
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect… Read more “Dear Jean, Week 5: Is Fear Really Sinful?”
Dear Jean, Week 3: The Homeless Prophet
“The poor are always prophetic. As true prophets always point out, they reveal God’s design. That is why we should take time to listen to them.… Read more “Dear Jean, Week 3: The Homeless Prophet”
Dear Jean, Week 2: It’s Complicated
Each person with his or her history of being accepted or rejected, with his or her past history of inner pain and difficulties in relationships with parents,… Read more “Dear Jean, Week 2: It’s Complicated”
Dear Jean, Week 1:Heavy Wounds, Heavy Hearts
“To be lonely is to feel unwanted and unloved, and therefore unlovable. Loneliness is a taste of death. No wonder some people who are desperately lonely lose themselves… Read more “Dear Jean, Week 1:Heavy Wounds, Heavy Hearts”
Reluctant Mysticism 