Comments on: To Have without Holding http://paintedprayerbook.com/2008/08/26/to-have-without-holding/ Artist and writer Jan Richardson explores the intersections of word & image & faith. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shawna http://paintedprayerbook.com/2008/08/26/to-have-without-holding/#comment-2172 Shawna Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:53:59 +0000 http://paintedprayerbook.com/?p=275#comment-2172 Jan, I am an artist and pastor, currently working my way through a year long CPE Residency in Chicago, I have been using art as way of witnessing to patients and families - witnessing their stories, their grief and their longing for wholeness. Your words are helpful as I continue to wade into the grief, separating mine from theirs, and honoring both. Thank you! Jan,
I am an artist and pastor, currently working my way through a year long CPE Residency in Chicago, I have been using art as way of witnessing to patients and families – witnessing their stories, their grief and their longing for wholeness. Your words are helpful as I continue to wade into the grief, separating mine from theirs, and honoring both. Thank you!

]]> By: Greg http://paintedprayerbook.com/2008/08/26/to-have-without-holding/#comment-415 Greg Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:00:37 +0000 http://paintedprayerbook.com/?p=275#comment-415 Very nicely done. Thanks for these words. I especially like the way you brought the Desert into it--those crazy Fathers (and Mothers) have helped me out more times than I'd like to admit. Very nicely done. Thanks for these words. I especially like the way you brought the Desert into it–those crazy Fathers (and Mothers) have helped me out more times than I’d like to admit.

]]> By: Andrew http://paintedprayerbook.com/2008/08/26/to-have-without-holding/#comment-406 Andrew Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:10:45 +0000 http://paintedprayerbook.com/?p=275#comment-406 Jan, Thanks for your reflection, especially the idea about self-denial. Blessings, Andrew Jan,

Thanks for your reflection, especially the idea about self-denial.

Blessings,

Andrew

]]> By: real live preacher http://paintedprayerbook.com/2008/08/26/to-have-without-holding/#comment-404 real live preacher Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:54:27 +0000 http://paintedprayerbook.com/?p=275#comment-404 Amen and amen, my sister in Christ. Wise words. Love those you can love. Touch those you can reach. Say hello and goodbye and mean them both. Let all others in the world be under the watchful care of God and whatever servants God sends to them. Amen. Will probably feature this at CCblogs next week, if that's okay with you. Email me and let me know. Amen and amen, my sister in Christ. Wise words.

Love those you can love. Touch those you can reach. Say hello and goodbye and mean them both. Let all others in the world be under the watchful care of God and whatever servants God sends to them. Amen.

Will probably feature this at CCblogs next week, if that’s okay with you. Email me and let me know.

]]> By: Lisa Smith http://paintedprayerbook.com/2008/08/26/to-have-without-holding/#comment-402 Lisa Smith Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:16:46 +0000 http://paintedprayerbook.com/?p=275#comment-402 Jan- Thanks for your words this week. I'm a Lutheran pastor in Alaska and was struggling with the text for preaching. I really appreciate the "to have without holding" focus. Your beautiful words will enhance my preaching this Sunday. Your words have also helped me come to terms with things I'm "holding" in my personal life. Deep peace to you. Jan-
Thanks for your words this week. I’m a Lutheran pastor in Alaska and was struggling with the text for preaching. I really appreciate the “to have without holding” focus. Your beautiful words will enhance my preaching this Sunday. Your words have also helped me come to terms with things I’m “holding” in my personal life.

Deep peace to you.

]]> By: Deanna http://paintedprayerbook.com/2008/08/26/to-have-without-holding/#comment-401 Deanna Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:20:37 +0000 http://paintedprayerbook.com/?p=275#comment-401 Thank you once again for the wonderful teaching. Thank you once again for the wonderful teaching.

]]> By: Christina Borel, MSW http://paintedprayerbook.com/2008/08/26/to-have-without-holding/#comment-400 Christina Borel, MSW Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:25:14 +0000 http://paintedprayerbook.com/?p=275#comment-400 Dear Jan, Thank you so much for sharing this reflection with us. Your thoughts about detachment and CPE as they related to this week's lectionary really hit home for me. I'm a year out of graduate school for social work, and have spent the last week doing coverage on an inpatient psychiatric unit for young children. In the rest of this week, I'll be finishing my work with and saying goodbye to a family that I've worked intensely with over the last year in a separate job. Throughout all of this, I've been walking lines between attachment, honoring connections, and saying goodbye in a way that honors these relationships. Several older social workers have told me that it gets easier with time, that I'll become more detached. And I needed to hear that others in the work of healthcare struggle to remain engaged, present, and authentic in relationships, despite the pressure and temptation to numb out. I'm holding the reading in my heart today with my understanding that God can be found in these relationships, and that is the core of what we, as humans and children of God, are called to develop. Dear Jan,

Thank you so much for sharing this reflection with us. Your thoughts about detachment and CPE as they related to this week’s lectionary really hit home for me. I’m a year out of graduate school for social work, and have spent the last week doing coverage on an inpatient psychiatric unit for young children. In the rest of this week, I’ll be finishing my work with and saying goodbye to a family that I’ve worked intensely with over the last year in a separate job. Throughout all of this, I’ve been walking lines between attachment, honoring connections, and saying goodbye in a way that honors these relationships. Several older social workers have told me that it gets easier with time, that I’ll become more detached. And I needed to hear that others in the work of healthcare struggle to remain engaged, present, and authentic in relationships, despite the pressure and temptation to numb out. I’m holding the reading in my heart today with my understanding that God can be found in these relationships, and that is the core of what we, as humans and children of God, are called to develop.

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