Un/Broken - End of Week 5
on October 14th, 2023
The following guide is designed to serve as a potential framework for your discussion. Feel free to use it as is, or adapt, as the Spirit leads. Read More
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UN/Broken - Day 34
on October 13th, 2023
Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners. Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!” Matthew 26:45-46By now Jesus is ready to face what is next, and he confronts Judas and the armed men coming to arrest Jesus. It was a display of hardiness.Psychologists have studied har... Read More
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UN/Broken - Day 33
on October 12th, 2023
When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing. Matthew 26:43-44It could be that Jesus was more at peace by now and less in need of his disciples’ social support. He went back to the prayers that had been helping him. His request of “may your will be done” is a type of prayer t... Read More
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UN/Broken - Day 32
on October 11th, 2023
He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.” Matthew 26:42Jesus is now becoming more centered and moving to different religious coping strategies. Rather than pleading for God to miraculously take away the coming suffering, he moves to what psychologists of religion have termed collaborative religi... Read More
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UN/Broken - Day 31
on October 10th, 2023
Sleep is a big deal for our health across multiple body systems. “Adverse outcomes of insufficient sleep and/or sleep disorders are weight gain and obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, accidents and injuries, stress, pain, neurocognitive dysfunction, psychiatric symptoms, and mortality” (Grandner, 2017, p. 1). That list is worth re-reading and saying, “I need to be kind to myself and get adequate and regular sleep, or go to a sleep medicine clinic if that is not happening despite my best efforts.” Read More
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UN/Broken - Day 30
on October 9th, 2023
In the first-century Greco-Roman world there were particular attributes of the ideal man (Conway, 2015), although it is unclear what percentage of men actualized them. One attribute was mastery, being overall non-men, and having high self-control. Another was achievement, proven in competition with other men. Being masculine was also a moral quality, as being seen as manly was always positive, even when women displayed the characteristic; conversely, being effeminate was always seen as morally negative. Read More
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