Crying as a spiritual discipline may change how you see the world
Our religious texts are filled with crying, usually preceding moments of great transformation. Photo by Claudia Wolff/Unsplash/Creative Commons
May 17, 2021
(RNS) Early in seminary, I had a startling realization: I hadn’t cried in years. While this isn’t particularly unusual sadly, it’s all too normative it struck me as serious deficiency for an aspiring clergyperson. I felt that I was missing out on a core part of what it meant to be human. I worried that this failing would hinder my ability to provide meaningful care.