Blog Mike Williams August 13, 2024August 13, 2024 0 Comments Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Internship, Mizzou, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, Writing Six months where everything changed Writing at the wrong time In February I began what I hoped to be a Lenten discipline of reflecting on Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
Faith and spirituality Mike Williams February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 0 Comments Books, Exodus, Fear, Harold Kushner, John, Moses, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, Reader Response “I will be with you” “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh? One of my favorite insights from chapter one of Overcoming Life’s Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
Faith and spirituality Mike Williams February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 0 Comments A Raisin in the Sun, Books, Grief, Harlem, Harold Kushner, Injustice, Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, Reader Response What happens to a dream deferred? A title I didn’t truly understand In our high school English class we read Lorraine Hansberry‘s 1959 play, A Raisin Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
Faith and spirituality Mike Williams February 19, 2024February 20, 2024 0 Comments Books, Harold Kushner, Maturity, Mentors, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, Prayer journal, Reader Response Their lessons live on in us Highest compliment a student can offer their teacher One of my favorite parts of Rabbi Harold Kushner’s introduction to Overcoming Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
Faith and spirituality Mike Williams February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 0 Comments Grief, Harold Kushner, Imagination, Injustice, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, Prayer journal, Resilience Resiliency: learning to bravely go on Imagination empowers a better world In the first paragraph of the introduction to his book Overcoming Life’s Disappointments, Rabbi Harold Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
Faith and spirituality Mike Williams February 15, 2024February 15, 2024 0 Comments Book notes, Grief, Harold Kushner, Lent, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, Prayer journal, Reader Response Start with one’s limitations Overcoming Life’s Disappointments: First Words For someone who is as well-known and well-respected as Rabbi Harold Kushner, it was somewhat Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
Faith and spirituality Mike Williams February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 0 Comments Books, Grief, Harold Kushner, Lent, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, Prayer journal, Reader Response, Trauma Lenten writing table: Overcoming Life’s Disappointments True, but unsatisfying, guidance Throughout my PTSD recovery process, I have often been encouraged to learn how to forgive myself. Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
