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Jack Kennedy has spent his adult life as a spiritual mentor for others.  His personal life experiences include areas of grief and addiction that can be special teachers for every person’s life.  Jack draws from great wisdom traditions that teach us how to trust our own heart when experiencing life’s most challenging contradictions.  The gift can be to discover deeper truths than we may have missed otherwise.  

Jack Kennedy has spent a lifetime journeying with people as a spiritual director during times of doubt and crisis.  Issues of belief and how we understand the nature of Mystery are at the heart of what can either bring peace or anxiety during times of change and crisis.  This episode was recorded at an interfaith training series for prospective spiritual directors. 

Although every experience of grief and loss is unique for each person, we can draw on the wisdom of others to support healing.  This episode explores how culture, belief, and tradition can transform our dark night of the soul into a journey of hope and new possibilities.

Although every experience of grief and loss is unique for each person, we can draw on the wisdom of others to support healing.  This episode explores how culture, belief, and tradition can transform our dark night of the soul into a journey of hope and new possibilities.

Grief has the power to silence us. Living in the shadow of grief can be tough and we live in a culture that disdains grief and sadness. The fact is that every one of us is either grieving a loss or knows someone who is. Hospice Teacher Richard Groves offers healing insights into how persons can move beyond isolation, denial, and silence into a courageous way to experience new dimensions of living fully in spite of sadness and loss. 

This episode considers the Alchemy of Grieving-- a term that implies that the way we hold our grief can be the key to transforming suffering.  Great wisdom traditions offer a map to help negotiate times of suffering, grief and loss.

This episode considers the Alchemy of Grieving-- a term that implies that the way we hold our grief can be the key to transforming suffering.  Great wisdom traditions offer a map to help negotiate times of suffering, grief and loss.

Grief has the power to silence us. Living in the shadow of grief can be tough and we live in a culture that disdains grief and sadness. The fact is that every one of us is either grieving a loss or knows someone who is. Hospice Teacher Richard Groves offers healing insights into how persons can move beyond isolation, denial, and silence into a courageous way to experience new dimensions of living fully in spite of sadness and loss. 

In this inter-faith series, Eric Sarenson, a rural community chaplain offers insights from years of service dealing with the suffering and challenges of life.  Ordained in the Southern Baptist Church, Eric shares how he has grown to support persons in prison and at the end of life compared to working with traditional religious congregations.  His humor and humanity will appeal to everyone regardless of belief.

In this inter-faith series, Eric Sarenson, a rural community chaplain offers insights from years of service dealing with the suffering and challenges of life. Ordained in the Southern Baptist Church, Eric shares how he has grown to support persons in prison and at the end of life compared to working with traditional religious congregations.  His humor and humanity will appeal to everyone regardless of belief.