Darker Before Dawn

theeffect · Darker Before Dawn Dave Brisbin 10.1.23One of the most misinterpreted and misused passages in the Bible affects a foundational part of our personal lives. Jesus appears to tell us in Matthew that adultery is the only legitimate ground for divorce and...

Power to Choose

theeffect · Power To Choose Dave Brisbin 9.24.23Co-facilitating a debrief for a medical team that was emotionally stressed by a case in which a baby died after drowning in his bathtub. And if that wasn’t traumatic enough, the mother was charged for leaving her baby...

Mercy and Justice

theeffect · Mercy And Justice Dave Brisbin 9.17.23Years ago, first time visiting an inmate at men’s central jail, I was surprised by the attitudes of the other visitors. There wasn’t the melancholy or tears I was expecting, but a lightness, almost celebratory...

Love is the Law

theeffect · Love Is The Law Dave Brisbin 9.10.23The purpose of a fish trap is to catch a fish. Once the fish is caught, the trap is forgotten.The purpose of a rabbit snare is to catch a rabbit. Once the rabbit is caught, the snare is forgotten.The purpose of words is...

Salt and Light

theeffect · Salt And Light There’s a great story, apparently from Mexico, in which an old mule falls into the farmer’s dry well. Poor animal is braying down there miserably, but the farmer can’t think of a way to get it out. And the mule is old and he’d been meaning...

Poor and Blessed

theeffect · Poor And Blessed Dave Brisbin 8.27.23Talking to a man going through a devastating life transition. Now in his sixties, he’d always been a man who could make things happen through sheer intellect and effort: built businesses from the ground up and rose to...

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Everyone is recovering from something… Admitting this is the first step in spiritual life, because any unfinished business in our lives–trauma, unforgiveness, fear-based perceptions–fosters compulsive behavior and keeps us from connecting spiritually and emotionally.

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