a disease of faith

The Twelve Steps as Spiritual Practice

Oct 8, 2023

Beloved Community, Love and Justice, Sermon, Spiritual Biography, Spirituality, Wellness, World Religions

12 Steps, a disease of faith, addiction, Alcoholics Anonymous, Buddhism, resentment, storytelling

In their book The Spirituality of Imperfection, Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham share a story about a time when a group of addiction experts from Russia visited the United States and attended several Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, “hoping to find in those smoky rooms something that could be used to fight the serious alcohol problem in…