Surrender

A bison in the wild - renunciation and property — Ownership and the Spiritual Life
The False Idol of Ownership In trauma circles, there is a saying, “Don’t ask, ‘What’s wrong with you?’ […]

July 10, 2021 in Spiritual and Emotional Themes tagged False Idols / Ownership / Renunciation / Spirituality / Surrender by Barbara Stevens

Footsteps in the deserts of Africa to be blown away in the wind - letting go — Removing Blocks to Love
We Are Love At the Universalist Recovery Church meetings, we talk a lot about love. Not long ago, […]

August 15, 2020 in Spiritual and Emotional Themes tagged Blocks to Love / letting go / Love / Mysticism / Surrender by Barbara Stevens

A mural of a man's face on a building, battered by time, like we are battered by suffering and trauma — Healing from Trauma
The Trauma of Coronavirus We live in a time of worldwide trauma. Not that this is new. After […]

April 25, 2020 in Spiritual and Emotional Themes tagged Coronavirus / Healing / Suffering / Surrender / Trauma by Barbara Stevens

Addiction, Surrender, and the Holy

Surrendering to the Wrong Thing Twelve-step groups talk about surrender. Few of us, perhaps none of us, get […]

December 15, 2018 in Recovery Skills tagged Addiction / Depression / Emotions / Higher Power / Surrender / third step by Barbara Stevens

The Serenity to Accept What Is

The Serenity Prayer In the “Serenity Prayer,” theologian Reinhold Niebuhr asks for the serenity to accept what cannot […]

January 27, 2018 in Recovery Skills tagged Acceptance / Assumptions / Prayer / Serenity / Surrender by Barbara Stevens