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We Want You Here: Prayer, Grief, & Lament - Suzy Silk

Church of the City New York

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The Negative Effects of Numbing Ourself

LZ Granderson: We're afraid of pain and loss in our society, so we flee from painful feelings. He says Americans don't have a lot of mourning rituals that train us how to grieve. LZ: In our culture, addiction has become the most common way to deal with pain. "The true spiritual life is not an escape from reality, but an absolute commitment to it," he says.

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