Into Your Hands, Father - Book Study: Recent Episodes
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Join Eric Gallagher in daily reflections on the book Into Your Hands, Father: Abandoning Ourselves to the God Who Loves Us.
We'll take small sections (2-3 pages) of the book each day (Monday-Friday) throughout the season of Lent. Along with the reading, Eric will offer a short reflection sharing stories and wisdom of how he has seen this text come alive in his own life and in the lives of those he's accompanied over the years.
Also, each day we'll encourage you to join in a discussion by offering a few thoughts on the readings as well.
Reflecting on pages 103-105, Eric challenges us to "take the plunge" through the dark valleys as we commit our lives to the work of abandonment to God's divine will.
Reflecting on pages 100-103, Eric speaks about contemplative prayer and the invitation from Fr. Stinessen to never allow boredom to detract us from being taken up by God.
Reflecting on pages 98-100, Eric shares about his struggles to trust those around him and the interior "wrestling" that happens as we consider abandoning ourselves to God.
Reflecting on pages 95-98, Eric shares about a time in his life when God's imprint in his ministry was so clear.
Reflecting on pages 93-95, Eric shares about his first few months of marriage and the gift of discovering a share in a blessed trinitarian life.
Reflecting on pages 87-93, Eric reflects on St. John of the Cross' challenging view on abandonment.
Reflecting on pages 83-87, Eric reflects on his freedom in being able to take a vacation and allow the vacation to do what it's intended to do.
Reflecting on pages 80-83, Eric reflects on the ways that God has called him to surrender everything, including his potential.
Reflecting on pages 72-75, Eric speaks on Stinessen's defense of truly obeying God's will in all things.
Reflecting on pages 68-72, Eric shares about the struggle that many have of questioning whether it's "worth it" to be absolutely obedient to God in all things.
Reflecting on pages 65-67, Eric shares about the things that we might find ourselves attached to and focusing on rather than focusing simply on the hand of God that saves us.
Reflecting on pages 60-64, Eric reflects on Stinessen's imagery of God's infinite goodness being received through a funnel and the need to live in the present.
Reflecting on pages 58-60, Eric shares a story of a young person desiring to be detached in order to receive God's plan for their life.
Reflecting on pages 56-58, Eric reflects on his experience in the military of doing night watch and the goodness that comes from maintaining an attitude and practice of readiness and openness.
Reflecting on pages 51-55, Eric speaks on Fr. Stinessen's counsel regarding discernment and the need for us to strive to obey God's will for our lives at every moment.
Reflecting on pages 48-51, Eric speaks on the three types of duties laid out by Fr. Stinessen and shares about ways that the Holy Spirit has inspired him to act in his life.
Reflecting on pages 45-47, Eric shares examples of different relationships in his life where he's called to be more actively engaged in the will of others making their will his will.
Reflecting on pages 42-44, Eric draws out Fr. Stinessen's invitation to allow God to heal our memory by giving us God's memory.
Reflecting on pages 40-42, Eric reflects on the way God used the greatest sources of suffering in his life to bring about one of the greatest sources of blessing.
Reflecting on pages 37-40, Eric shares an experience of God's concrete love in his life when God revealed his care and concern for both him and his mother.
Reflecting on pages 35-36, Eric reflects on Fr. Stinissen's challenge to be content with God and to delight in His ways.
Reflecting on pages 31-35, Eric shares about a poverty he discovered in his ability to entrust his marriage and family to the Lord.
Reflecting on pages 28-31, Eric reflects on the image of a crying child running to it's parents to find consolation and invites us to dare to see the face of Jesus in our enemies.
Reflecting on pages 24-28, Eric reflects on the gift faith and it's aid for us in seeing and knowing God's reality, timing, and understanding which extends beyond our natural human abilities.
Reflecting on pages 18-24, Eric invites us to consider the daily exercise of discovering God's great love for us as He reveals Himself to us.
Reflecting on pages 14-18, Eric reflects on being attracted to courage and sacrifice and invites us see suffering as an act of love on the part of our Eternal Father.
Reflecting on pages 13-14, Eric recalls the book of Daniel and a missionary who found goodness in her mother's death through a car accident.
Eric reflects on the story of Martha and shares a little bit of his initial conversion.
Eric Gallagher shares a little bit about this series and how to participate in the study.