UNCONDITIONAL LOVE Perhaps the problem with Christianity today and why it is so hard for people to embrace it is that Jesus is thought of in terms too narrow for people to understand or accept. In the work I do I make the Living Room spiritual mental health groups available to all faiths, I present […]
Read More...OVERCOMING INJUSTICE AND LOW SELF-ESTEEM THROUGH GOD’S PERSPECTIVE Guest blogpost by Sharoon Jamil The Healing Process: Grit, Grace, and God Let’s be honest: healing your confidence is slow work. It’s not just reading a verse and suddenly feeling empowered. It’s: Unlearning the lies you internalized when you were young. Rebuilding your voice after years of […]
Read More...Overcoming Injustice and Low Self-Esteem Through God’s Perspective A Guest post With thanks to Sharoon Jamil for his contribution. You can be incredibly gifted… and still feel invisible. You can show up for everyone… and still wonder if anyone sees you. You can know that God loves you… and still struggle to love yourself. Let’s […]
Read More...Photo: Showkutara with her Living Room group at the Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh MY REFLECTION When I first thought of starting a Living Room group, I did not plan to facilitate it myself. I wanted to help organize it but thought another person would have to facilitate. I could not imagine myself in that […]
Read More...Photo by Rohim Ullah I recently read an article entitled The Architecture of Rohingya Exclusion by Shafiur Rahman, published in the September 16, 2025 edition of United Against Humanity. The following is an excerpt. It is a statement I wish I had seen earlier so that I could have commented on it before the September […]
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