All Categories - Aimee Patterson

September 25, 2024 · Compassion,Suffering,Ethics,Church,Hospitality
My book Suffering Well and Suffering With has been honoured by The Word Guild. It has received...
September 18, 2024 · Efficiency,Technology
Read my article published in Faith Today: “Making Room for Inefficiency.” Image credit: Eva...
March 25, 2024 · Ethics,Love,Bible
Everyone knows the “love chapter” in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. It has been read at...
February 29, 2024 · Ethics,Work
My previous post focused on the idea of giving up something for Lent as representative of giving...
February 20, 2024 · Suffering,Theology,Cross
Since entering the Season of Lent, I’ve been investigating what it means to give something up,...
February 13, 2024 · Technology,Just for Fun
Listening to the radio has been an important part of my life. When I was younger, it connected...
January 31, 2024 · Autonomy,Suffering,Compassion,COVID-19
Autonomy is the ability of a person to make choices that shape her life. In our society, we claim...
January 31, 2024 · Suffering,Ethics,Podcast,Compassion
Listen to another podcast that reviews my book and my thoughts on how to suffer well and suffer...
January 23, 2024 · Medical Assistance in Dying,Suffering
Ich klage an, or I Accuse, is a little-known German film. Although, at the time it was made,...
January 11, 2024 · Suffering,Compassion,Ethics,Podcast
Join me in my interview with Zechariah Mickel, digital marketing manager at Wipf and Stock.  
January 9, 2024 · Suffering,Prayer,Church
I’ve been looking for an ordinary prayer. Let me give you some background. When I use the...
January 2, 2024 · Suffering,Humour
Good comedy is serious comedy. And serious comedy makes a point. I make this argument not...
December 24, 2023 · Advent,Theology,Love
The final week of Advent in 2023 lasts only a day! That’s not much time to think about what it...
December 20, 2023 · Suffering,Compassion,Church,Hope
My publisher, Wipf and Stock, has posted an excerpt from my book here. Learn more about how the...
December 17, 2023 · Advent,Theology,Joy
I tend to write a lot about suffering. I do this because few of us know how to respond well to...
December 13, 2023 · Humour,Education
I will always remember you with gratitude for defending those of us with doctorates which...
December 10, 2023 · Advent,Theology,Peace
I’m stuck between what I think I’m called to do—to be a peacemaker in a world where the violence...
December 7, 2023 · Podcast,Compassion,Suffering
This is my second time on Rebekah McNeilly’s podcast “The Story We Tell Ourselves.” If you want...
December 3, 2023 · Advent,Theology,Hope
At the threshold of Advent, I am preoccupied with all the suffering that is going on in creation....
November 10, 2023 · Compassion,Suffering,Church
 
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