Tag: fear

This letter comes almost three months into Israel’s war on Gaza. Many credible voices (Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the United Nations — to name a few) claim this war to be a war of ethnic cleansing.

Higgins said it’s through recognizing fear and using stories to tell ourselves and others about how those fears impact us that helps us deal with fear. Rather than leading to fighting, running or paralysis, it can positively motivate us in a new direction.

If giving up is not the answer, then perhaps it is to live this one and only life as never before. Choosing life is to accept all of life. With acceptance comes the release of one's imperfect self-reflected in the Creator’s image to the crucified and risen one.

Just as you regress after watching a horror movie, to becoming suddenly afraid of the dark and startle with every sound, we spread fear to one another like germs.

Oh you of little Faith and great Fear, What will it take for you to surrender, to let go of your great Fear?

Having just survived a campaign rooted in fear it's fair to ask: What frightens you?

On Feb. 20 there was a seemingly random series of shootings in Kalamazoo, Michigan.