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Seton Hall University Monday, March 1, 2021 Ecce Dolor by Georges Rouault, 1936. On Thursday, March 11th the Bernard J. Lonergan Institute presents Professor Emeritus Jerome Miller of Salisbury University and " From Vulnerability to Passion: A Few Thoughts Sprung from Tears". This event serves as the Bernard J. Lonergan Institute's Spring 2021 lecture. We put a premium on being in control of our lives–being able to handle, deal with, manage, situations so we won't be overwhelmed and incapacitated by them. But are not the most moving, most profound, most important experiences of our lives�...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Working in substance use treatment has unmasked new insight into Purim’s key themes.  Here are two lessons I have gleaned from those in recovery from addiction that have helped to inspire my personal Purim experience: Lesson 1: What it looks like to turn to a Higher Power in times of despai...

‘Pretty large community of addiction’ Independent photo by Ken Farver | Executive director Bobby Gattone stands outside the New Directions Retreat Center that opened last week at 14411 Kishwaukee Valley Road. Gattone has been a volunteer board member, one of the first case managers, and grants manager for New Directions. After struggling with alcohol and drug addiction, he was two weeks sober when a friend took him to The Other Side, New Directions’ sober bar in Crystal Lake. He was surprised to see 50 people “having a blast” without drugs or alcohol. “I wanted other people to hav...

art159 via Getty Images "As an alcoholic, I am always either moving toward a drink or moving away from one," the author writes. “Time Of Death For Dry January: 1:15 pm 1/6/21” So reads a meme that popped up on my Instagram feed last Wednesday. The comments below read, “Opening a bottle of pinot right now!” and “Sippin’ tequila as I type.” Another reads, “Don’t ask me to give up whiskey or ANYTHING that brings comfort and joy during this apocalypse.” I’m sitting in my office in stunned silence in front of my television. I had tuned in to see Congress and Vice President Mi...

2020 taught me how much the world has changed. Fri Jan 1, 2021 Toward the end of 2020, a difficult year for many, I found myself feeling something I'd never felt before. I yearned for a believers' Christmas. By "believer" I mean anyone, including non-Christians, who recognizes the Christian roots of Christmas, who respects and participates in the impact of that tradition, who knows that there is more to this life than the material, and who feels part of a community formed by Christianity, and wants that community to continue. In 2020, I yearned for the public, shared, communal Chr...