Archive Favs Dr. John Bash: The Healing Power of Suffering
Show Notes\xa0 Today\u2019s subject is not a light one. In fact, it may be one of the most troubling subjects I have discussed on the show after more than 130 episodes. Today is about very deep human pain and suffering, AND the potential learnings that can result, if one chooses to take that path. Although we may love learning about life and our deepest inner selves\u2026 the path there is often most unpleasant. David Whyte alludes to the power of suffering when he writes, \u201cSuffering is as inescapable and inevitable as breathing\u2026\u201d If suffering is inescapable and inevitable, it might be asking us\u2026 to see suffering as our constant and instructive companion\u2026\u201d \u201cSuffering asks us not to look for an alternative path, because there is no alternative path.\u201d Now\u2026 none of this eludes the pain and despair of suffering. It is not something to anticipate with glee. It sucks. Yet if suffering is inescapable, we are asked not only to expect it and learn from it, but also to actually embrace it as our unwanted \u201cinstructive companion.\u201d My very special guest today, Dr. John Bash, is most accustomed to suffering as well as the deep learning that comes from it. As a successful minister and church planter, In John\u2019s resume I read\u2026 \u201cJohn\u2019s heart for leaders is a natural outgrowth of a life spent watching God turn pain and tragedy into comfort and healing.