Sermon Illustrations about Sadness
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Brené Brown on the Church as Midwife
Popular author and speaker Brené Brown recently described what she called a "breakdown" that propelled her to go back to church. But ...
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Actor Heath Ledger Still Needed God
Every year there are a few shocking celebrity deaths in the world of entertainment that create brief searches for meaning among their fans. After one ...
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The Necessity of Sadness
A fascinating article on Christianity Today about Pixar's film Inside Out reminds us that sadness is also a necessary (but sometimes lost) part of ...
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Story About a Man Whose Dreams Shattered
Tennessee Williams's short story "Something by Tolstoi," tells the story of Jacob Brodsky, a shy Russian Jew who runs his father's bookshop. ...
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'Money can't make you happy, but it can make you less sad.'
This, according to research from U.S. Census data, tracking income and reported levels of happiness. Psychologist Kostadin Kushley "... found that ...
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Want To Be Happy? Love Generously
An article in The New York Times, titled "Love People, Not Pleasure," tackles the issue of love from the perspective of happiness. Offering ...
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Life-sized Dolls Illustrate Grief and Loss
We've all experienced the loss of loved ones. Family, friends, neighbors, valuable members of our community taken by death, or perhaps simply having ...
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Comedian Louis C.K. on the 'Forever Empty'
The usually crass comedian Louis C.K. offered some insightful comments about our soul-numbing addiction to technology. On Late Night with Conan O'Brien ...
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Novelist Describes the Pain of Miscarriage
In Elizabeth Strout's novel The Burgess Boys, a young woman named Susan has a miscarriage. After learning that the baby was a girl, her husband tries ...
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Man Saddened that Friends Can't Share His Grief
The British novelist Julian Barnes tried to capture the loneliness of what he calls "grief-work." After thirty years of marriage, his wife Pat ...
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