CO-DEPENDENCY...click here for more details

Co-Dependency is a self-focused way of life in which a person, blind to his or her true self, continually reacts to others being controlled by and seeking to control their behavior, attitudes, and/or opinions, resulting in spiritual sterility, loss of authenticity and absence of intimacy.  A co-dependent person is “addicted,” not to a destructive substance, but to a destructive pattern of relating to other people, a pattern usually learned from childhood in an abusive or non-nurturing home.  Codependency holds a person hostage to other people’s behaviors, moods, or opinions, and the codependent bases his or her worth and actions on someone else’s life.  It’s a terrible bondage.   (From Bondage to Bonding, Nancy Groom)

 

GRIEF GROUP...click here for more details

Loss came suddenly for Jerry Sittser. In an instant a tragic accident claimed three generations of his family: his mother, his wife and his young daughter. While most of us will not experience loss in such a catastrophic form, all of us will taste it. And we can, if we choose, know as well the grace that transforms it. A Grace Disguised, Jerry Sittser, plumbs the depths of our sorrows whether due to illness, divorce, or the loss of someone we love. The circumstances are not important; what we do with those circumstances is. In coming to the end of ourselves, we can come to the beginning of a new life-one marked by spiritual depth, joy, compassion, and a deeper appreciation of simple blessings.