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  • With a blue sky behind him, a Black man opens his arms wide and lifts his face up, with eyes closed, as if basking in joy.
    Gratitude is the opposite of addiction. Opposite gratitude is shame, denial, and spiritual paralysis
    Meditation | By Michael J. Crumpler | September 25, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Addiction/Recovery, Choice, Gratitude, Worship
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  • Outdoors, a bench faces a wintry scene of snow, dead grass, and bare trees. A child sits with their back to the camera. They have dark hair pulled back, and are wearing headphones and a blue hooded coat.
    May you know, deep in your bones, that none of this is your fault. May your heart remain soft enough to love and strong enough to protect itself.
    Blessing | By Tandi Rogers | September 22, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Addiction/Recovery, Children, Healing, Parents, Self-Care, Self-Respect, Worship
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  • A rough-hewn bronze statue of a man embracing a child who is just a little shorter than he is. In the background, blurry, are some tree branches, a signboard, and a building. The statue is Charlie Mackesy’s “Return of the Prodigal Son,” found outside Holy Trinity Brompton Anglican Church.
    Addiction thrives in isolation and shame—two things that are deeply opposed to the message of Jesus.… The Parable of the Prodigal Child and addiction share profound themes of isolation, shame, and the redemptive power of love and community.
    Sermon | By Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs | September 17, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Addiction/Recovery, Community, Compassion, Grace, Healing, Love, Pain, Shame, Trauma, Worship
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  • A lone person walking on the red-tiled floor of the Great Hall of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. They are walking through a patch of the floor that is reflecting light from a window that is out of the frame. The person looks blurry and somewhat disjointed because they were moving while the camera’s shutter was open.
    We need church community to be a space where people can speak honestly with one another about their experience—whether in recovery, in addiction, or even in relapse.
    Sermon | By Lane-Mairead Campbell | September 17, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Acceptance, Addiction/Recovery, Brokenness, Caring, Community, God, Interdependence, Living Our Faith, Personal Stories, Solitude, Worship
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  • The head and upper torso of a large statue of a woman with her eyes shut and a calm expression on her face. The grey concrete of the statue has large and small cracks throughout, and the woman looks as if she is pulling open a crack in her chest. Inside, we see ferns growing. The statue is “Thrive,” by Daniel Popper.
    All of us are worthy of salvation because all of us are beloved. All of us are just as human as everyone else: just as wounded, hurting, and healing; just as capable of love and transformation and transcendence; just as able to be who we are and who we are called to be.
    Sermon | By David Schwartz | September 15, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Addiction/Recovery, Brokenness, Community, Hope, Love, Personal Stories, Salvation, Transformation, Universalism, Wholeness, Worship
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  • A flower with 17 thin purple petals surrounding a cluster of yellow stamens — a Balkan anemone — rests on a piece of glass that has cracks radiating outwards from the flower.
    It is an act of love for yourself and for each other to come back home to being a regular person: to let go of pretend-perfection and certainty.
    Reading | By David Schwartz | September 15, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Addiction/Recovery, Blame, Brokenness, Integrity, Love, Shame, Vulnerability, Wholeness, Worship, Worth
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  • A black-and-white photo of two women with long hair, silhouetted by the window behind them. They're sitting on chairs facing one another, bent over and holding hands, with heads bowed in prayer.
    I trust your love to heal my wounds. I trust your love is flowing through me, and from me to those around me.
    Prayer | By Isabel Call | September 12, 2025 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Abundance, Addiction/Recovery, Direct Experience, God, Healing, Love, Spiritual Practice, Trust, Worship
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  • A close up of a clear, bubbly beverage being poured into a clear wine glass, held by a person.
    All of us are active participants in co-creating congregational and community life.
    Reflection | September 18, 2024 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Accountability, Addiction/Recovery, Hospitality, Inclusion, Individualism, Responsibility, Worship
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  • A cropped shot of two people holding hands in comfort across a wood table.
    12-Step recovery has provided me with perspective, forgiveness, and freedom from shame.
    Reflection | By Lane-Mairead Campbell | March 1, 2023 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: Addiction/Recovery, Forgiveness, Grace, Relationships, Transformation, Worship
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  • People of faith are experts in human kindness.
    Reading | By Barbara F. Meyers | July 27, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Addiction/Recovery, Caring, Community, Healing, Hope, Kindness, Mental Health
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  • People find hope in the faith that they're held by something larger than themselves.
    Reading | By Barbara F. Meyers | July 27, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Addiction/Recovery, Faith, Healing, Mental Health, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality
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  • When I first entered the rooms of recovery, I thought I had nothing in common with the people around me.
    Meditation | By Anonymous | February 4, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Addiction/Recovery, Caring, Friendship, Self-Care, Vulnerability
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  • While it may be urgent to work toward creating justice, I can’t do that unless I have a sense of calm.
    Meditation | By Anonymous | February 4, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Addiction/Recovery, Balance, Self-Care, Spiritual Practice
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  • The moment of asking for help is a tender moment.
    Meditation | By Anonymous | February 4, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Addiction/Recovery, Humility, Personal Stories, Self-Care, Vulnerability
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  • The real holy of holies happens in sobriety when relationships with self and others are healthy and whole.
    Meditation | By Anonymous | January 28, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Addiction/Recovery, Direct Experience, Healing, Health, Letting Go, Secular, Worship
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  • Surrendering to the truth of my addiction has been the most empowering act of my life.
    Meditation | By Anonymous | January 28, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Addiction/Recovery, Direct Experience, Healing, Health, Letting Go, Secular, Worship
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  • A pile of empty green and brown wine and liquor bottles.
    Once I quit drinking, my inner voice and I began the harder work: that of creating a life from which I do not need or want to escape.
    Reflection | By Alix Klingenberg | January 2, 2019 | From Braver/Wiser
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Addiction/Recovery, Body, Change, Direct Experience, Discernment, Health, Humility, Letting Go, Self-Respect, Vulnerability
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