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Is Spirit Working Behind the Counter in the Cosmic Kitchen?
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
There are days when I feel completely impatient, wanting things to move at a faster pace than they do. Frustrated when I set an intention, do the leg work and then need to surrender while the proverbial cake is still baking. I know, I am mixing metaphors here, but you get the idea. I could…
Belief and Action At Work In the World
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
On my way home from the gym (a place that I consider my temple, ashram, and healing space), I was listening to an interview on Fresh Air with Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor, a sister clergy person. An ordained Episcopal priest, she left the pulpit to become a professor of religion at Piedmont College in Demorest,…
Why I Won’t Use the Phrase “There But For the Grace of God, Go I.”
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
This oft-spoken statement rippled through my mind yesterday as I was with people whose daughter/niece/granddaughter had died 11 years ago, at age five, of a brain tumor. Throughout the day, I also chanced to speak with others who had either lost loved ones, or they themselves had been diagnosed with cancer. I chatted with a mother whose…
Recovering From Someone Else’s Illness and Death
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Today, as I sat on the exam table for my annual physical at my PCP’s office, I was speaking with the Physician Assistant. I have been going to this practice since moving back from Florida in 1993, so it feels like family. The doc and his staff are warm and engaging and truly care…
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