Whatever else the true preaching of the word would need to include, it at least would have to be a word that speaks from the perspective of those who have been crushed and marginalized in our society. It would need to be a word of solidarity, healing and love in situations of brokenness and despair and a disturbing and troubling word of justice to those who wish to protect their privilege by exclusion.
If you're laughing, you're healing.
And that is why I think that God has used it in churches because we have seen a lot of healing take place in churches and we have seen a lot of healing take place in families.
Words can destroy. What we call each other ultimately becomes what we think of each other, and it matters.
All the authors who've ultimately published Louder Than Words memoirs have been very happy to be chosen and excited about the possibility of having their memoir published. Even though these books deal with serious, often painful, issues, in all cases the authors felt as though writing their story would be an empowering and healing experience.
People little dream of how their affairs react on the body. There is a mental correspondence for every disease.
The way to begin healing the wounds of the world is to treasure the Infant Christ in us; to be not the castle but the cradle of Christ; and, in rocking that cradle to the rhythm of love, to swing the whole world back into the beat of the Music of Eternal Life.
We become powerful in the face of our fears when we have a sense that we make a difference in this world. We are all meaningful participants in this Universe and worthy of giving and receiving love. Some affirmations of purpose are: I know that I count and I act as though I do. I spread warmth and love everywhere I go. I am a healing force in the Universe.
Change is one thing. Acceptance is another.
Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.
When the energy of compassion and love touches us, healing establishes itself.
Every time a child is saved from the dark side of life, every time one of us makes the effort to make a difference in a child's life, we add light and healing to our own lives.
Water is the most purifying element. It's always involved in baptisms, healings, that kind of work.
Tear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing
. . . Her entire life has been devoted to healing the deepest, most invasive unseeable scar that one can ever have.
I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.
Healing is simply attempting to do more of those things that bring joy and fewer of those things that bring pain
Sometimes I try to figure out why I always push things to talk about the really dark stuff in interviews, and I just think it's healing - for the listener, and for the guest.
Illness or pain is just an extension of negative emotion. When you are no longer feeling any resistance to it, it's a non-issue.
One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.