suffering Archives - Lisa Colón DeLay

Limited Series – part 6 : : : Howard Thurman: Disciplines of the Spirit [Why the Innocent Suffer] section 3

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This is Section 3 of the Chapter on Suffering in the 1963 work of Dr Howard Thurman called The Disciplines of the Spirit.

Today, Thurman speaking about the suffering of the innocent and the intertwining of death, life, and suffering.

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Limited Series – part 5 : : : Howard Thurman: Disciplines of the Spirit [Is there purpose in Suffering]

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This is PART 2 of the chapter on Suffering in the 1963 work of Dr Howard Thurman called The Disciplines of the Spirit

This second section in the Suffering chapter is powerful !

Today, Thurman speaking about undue suffering and what to make of it. How do we bear up under it and why does it happen at all.

..and the best part of the chapter comes next week.

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Limited Series – part 4 : : : Howard Thurman: Disciplines of the Spirit [Pain and Suffering]

Today the reading comes from the Suffering chapter.

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Event Announcement:
Winter Solace -Theme: Still

I look forward to being with all you who can make it online for this annual event called a reading of a segment from the Commitment chapter.
Still, is the theme. Check out the link ⬇️

https://the-pilgrimage.org/home-2/get-connected/winter-solace-2025/

Limited Series – part 1 : : : Howard Thurman: Disciplines of the Spirit

I open this series focused on the work of Howard Thurman with a reading of the Foreword and the start of the Commitment section.

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STILL Announcement

I hope you will all be there soon, online with me and others for this annual event that makes welcoming a new year lovely and bright.

Try this link: https://the-pilgrimage.org/home-2/get-connected/winter-solace-2025/

Has Life Ever Felt NOT Real? [SSL 309]

Let’s start understanding how Dissociative experiences happen and understanding the Spectrum of Dissociative Identity Disorder which can be experience at least once by up to 75% of the population.

Please use these resources to find help if you need it.
NAMI HelpLine is available M-F, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. ET. Call 800-950-6264,
text “helpline” to 62640, or chat online. In a crisis,callor text 988 (24/7).

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