Brene Brown is a best selling author whom I have found helpful. In particular, I have found her work regarding shame and vulnerability to be helpful. Basically, she distinguishes shame and guilt like this: “I did something bad.” — Guilt (focus on behavior) “I am a bad.” — Shame (focus on self) Shame tells us… Continue reading What Shame Can Do to a Minister
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Don’t Let Shame & Regret Ruin Your Hope
For a long time, I thought that one day, I would be exposed, humiliated, and shamed before everyone. I imagined that on Judgement day, God would turn on a projector and would show my mother, dad, grandparents, and the people in our church a picture of all my sins. Every sordid, humiliating detail would be… Continue reading Don’t Let Shame & Regret Ruin Your Hope