Here’s a link to an interview I did for UCB a couple of weeks ago. It was a long chat – almost an hour – and it covered a vast range of subjects … everything from white canes to grief and disappointment!
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An interview I did for UCB2 Radio
Posted by Lyndall Bywater on 01/04/2019
https://lyndallbywater.net/2019/04/01/an-interview-i-did-for-ucb2-radio/
Lent Bookclub Part 10: Healing Balm
Chapter 4: Stillness; Part 2: Feeling and Filling
The trouble with stillness is that it lets all sorts of painful feelings rise to the surface in us, and that can be uncomfortable to say the least. We can be pretty good at anaesthetising ourselves against pain … we have distractions and coping mechanisms that keep us from being too aware of it … but the moment we stop and sit still, it’s there again, Making it’s presence felt.
One of the things I value most about my Christian Faith is that it is a story with brokenness and pain right at its centre. Not only that, but the painful, broken death of jesus releases healing to the world. So today’s podcast is some thoughts on what it means to sit with pain and receive healing … and it’s also got some interesting insights into something called the Balm of Gilead.
I don’t have a particular question to ask you, as this is a pretty personal subject, but if you’d like to share your experiences in the comment thread, I’d be honoured to read them.
https://anchor.fm/lyndall-bywater/episodes/Healing-balm-Chapter-4-Part-2-e3hidn
Posted by Lyndall Bywater on 23/03/2019
https://lyndallbywater.net/2019/03/23/lent-bookclub-part-10-healing-balm/
Lent Bookclub Part 6: Grief is worship
Chapter 2: Worship; Part 2: Grief and Gratitude.
This section of the book takes a quick look at that amazing story in Luke 7 of the woman who brought Jesus an offering of herself, her tears and her jar of perfume. The trouble is, it was such a quick look that I didn’t get to say half of what I wanted to say, so here’s a podcast with a bit more to chew on. It’s really all about grief, and how we assume we need to fix it or get over it, in order to produce some good-quality worship. Yet to God, our grief actually is worship.
This is never an easy one to talk about, but if you’ve got any thoughts or stories to help other people keep company with their grief in prayer, please share them in the comments.
https://anchor.fm/lyndall-bywater/episodes/Grief-is-worship-Chapter-2-Part-2-e3fj1o
Posted by Lyndall Bywater on 16/03/2019
https://lyndallbywater.net/2019/03/16/lent-bookclub-part-6-grief-is-worship/
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