Roll Away the Stone – Episode 147
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🗓️ 29 March 2016
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
“Who will roll away the stone?” The story of Easter is one of resurrection and recovery. But, we need help to roll away the stone from the tomb of our despair and denial. In Al-Anon, we find that help. It might come from recognition that we are not alone, that others have been where we...
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Spencer. I had a different episode plan for this weekend before I realized it was Easter and the arrangements for that didn't work out because of the holiday and so enjoy this short Easter message instead. |
| 0:15.0 | What does it mean to you to roll away the stone? |
| 0:21.0 | How have you rolled away the stone from your Tomb of Denial in Recovery? |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to episode 147 of the recovery show. |
| 0:35.0 | This episode is brought to you by Lucy. She used the donation button on our website. |
| 0:37.0 | Thank you Lucy for your generous contribution. |
| 0:39.0 | This episode is for you. |
| 0:41.0 | We are friends and family members of Alcoholics and Att addicts who have found a path to serenity and happiness. |
| 0:46.0 | We who live or have lived with the seemingly helpless problem of addiction understand as perhaps a few others can. |
| 0:51.0 | Before we begin, we would like to state that though we at the Recovery Show may be in a 12-step |
| 0:55.1 | program, we represent ourselves rather than the program. |
| 0:58.6 | During this show, we will share our own experiences. |
| 1:01.5 | The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them. |
| 1:04.9 | Take what you like and leave the rest. I hope you will find something in your sharing that |
| 1:08.7 | speaks to your life. My name is Spencer and I'm your host today along with my dog Jake and a supporting cast of birds and frogs as I sit out here in the woods behind my church on this Easter Sunday. You may also hear occasional airplanes passing overhead. |
| 1:25.9 | I want to start with a reading from a blog post titled Resurrection from Deadness. |
| 1:39.0 | Another message of Easter is Resurrection from Deadness, the things that prevent us from feeling alive, things like |
| 1:45.4 | fear, cowardice, and lack of conviction or purpose, things like loneliness, grief and depression, things that numb us to life, as was so eloquently expressed |
| 1:56.8 | by the Reverend Sarah York. |
| 1:59.1 | It is as if parts of ourselves die and we stuff them away in a tomb of the soul. Within each of us there may be something |
| 2:05.1 | that has died. It may be hope, joy, or trust that we have sealed away in the tomb with a great |
| 2:10.3 | stone rolled across the entrance. |
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