New Article published in the Faith Companion :Praying with Integrity,

 

We are happy to say that we have had another article published in the Faith Companion. It concerns praying for those who have intractable long term illness, to ensure people are listening and flowing with the Spirit in their prayers, rather than from their own intentions.

PRAYING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN LET DOWN, HURT, REJECTED OR FELT JUDGED
When you are seriously ill, long term, one of your most
important needs, when you share your experience, is to feel
heard, respected, accepted and validated, just where you
and for who you are.

Even if a person cannot fully understand or comprehend your situation, they can still value your perspective.
Empathy comes from a longing to know the other and speak truly of their need.
How often, though, does this truly happen..........?

We have just published an article in "The Faith Companion" magazine, exploring this issue, in the context of prayer, for spiritual support is so important, stressing the need to really LISTEN and HEAR the person, rather than issue religious platitudes or respond with prayers for healing that only end up making the person feel their faith is not strong enough, that the reason they do not get miraculously well is that they are not trying hard enough.

It's quite a hard hitting piece, we feel strongly, however, based very much on Linda's recent terrifying experience of going into hospital, but also decades of people just not taking the time to listen and HEAR, that it about time these things were said.

Here is the link to the full article: http://www.holyway.co.uk/PHD.pdf

And here is a link to The Faith Companion magazine: https://www.thefaithcompanion.co.uk/

Here is our Holy Way webpage : http://www.holyway.co.uk/