Shame Video: How the Cross helps with shame
We know Jesus’s death on the Cross helps with guilt. But how does it help with shame? Artwork by my friend John Elson helps me explain in this video:
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Shame Article: Confusing Guilt and Shame
Let’s imagine what happens if we try to help someone suffering from shame by using our usual method of explaining Jesus’s death. Rebecca: Oh hi Sarah – how brilliant to see you! How long is it since I last saw you? About a year? It was last Easter wasn’t it? Sarah: Yes, and it’s been a pretty rubbish year, too. Rebecca: Oh no, what’s happened? Sarah: […]
Read MoreShame Article: The three questions homeless people ask about faith
So many times at the drop-in we run in the church where I volunteer I have been talking to someone who is caught in an impossible cycle. They were abused as children, which continues to give them mental health problems. Because of the mental health problems they can’t get work. Because they can’t get work […]
Read MoreShame – an invisible plague
As they sat in the front seats of the parked car, Judith know that her mother was about to launch into one of her rants about Judith’s recent gain in weight. But on this occasion, things turned out differently. An enormous Lion stepped into the space between Judith and her mother, and as her mother […]
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A candle in my treehouse 