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    Dear Jean: Thoughts & Prayers of Suspicion Over Thoughts & Prayers

    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”

    November 13, 2017 by Erin Thomas

    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”

    September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 by Erin Thomas

    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”

    July 1, 2017July 1, 2017 by Erin Thomas

    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”

    September 10, 2016September 10, 2016 by Erin Thomas

    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””

    August 27, 2016August 27, 2016 by Erin Thomas

    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?”

    August 18, 2016 by Erin Thomas

    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”

    August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 by Erin Thomas

    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”

    July 24, 2016 by Erin Thomas

    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”

    July 15, 2016July 15, 2016 by Erin Thomas
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