Interrupting the Silence

Tag: James Hollis

  • Keeping Our Appointment With Life – A Sermon On Luke 2:22-40

    Keeping Our Appointment With Life – A Sermon On Luke 2:22-40

    “Shut up. Suit up. Show up.” Those six words are the daily mantra of a psychologist named James Hollis. He says them to himself as he rides the elevator down to his car each morning. (Hollis, Living Between Worlds, 132) With the first he’s telling himself “to stop whining and complaining” (Ibid.). It’s his recognition Read more

  • “It’s Not About What It’s About” – A Sermon On Mark 10:2-16

    “It’s Not About What It’s About” – A Sermon On Mark 10:2-16

    Let’s begin with a survey. Who thinks today’s gospel (Mark 10:2-16) is about marriage and divorce? Who thinks it’s about something else? Not much response to either. Who’s going to just wait and see? That’s what I thought. The reason I started with that is because I recently read again a line from the psychologist James Read more