Like many people living in chronic pain, I’m often searching for spiritual and emotional comfort. And while my faith is an obvious starting point, I’ve been led down other paths as well. At the times, I thought certain philosophies and life-views could also be compatible with Christianity and help me in unique ways. Perhaps this belief stemmed from a naivety assuming that our American culture was, generally speaking, palatable to Christian ideals. Yet throughout my journey, it has continuously surprised me how many widely-accepted world views sucked me in and then spit me out, more confused and spiritually lost than ever. Philosophies that on the surface have seemed innocuous and sometimes-- even like common sense, are, at their roots, entirely contradictory to Christian theology. And ironically, in some ways it feels like I needed this foil to really tighten my own grasp on Church doctrine-- not exactly a place I assumed chronic pain would bring me, yet here we are. A
Empowering those afflicted with chronic pain