Theology of Joy: Lisa Miller and Matt Croasmun

Lisa Miller and Matt Croasmun discuss the subject of joy, following the fourth Yale Center for Faith and Culture Theology of Joy consultation (Human Nature and Human Destiny) at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, CT (September 12, 2014)
Dr. Lisa Miller is a Professor of Psychology and Education, Director of Clinical Psychology, and Director of the Spirituality & Mind Body Institute at Columbia University in New York, NY
Dr. Matt Croasmun is the Director of Research and Publications at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture in New Haven, CT.
Theology of Joy is a project of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture funded by the John Templeton Foundation

[@barbaramassey3142]

I am just turning 86 and I never felt serious depression. Anytime I feel the "sads" coming on, I listen to music on KZbin and tune in to my spiritual gurus....Michael Bechwith, Marianne Williamson, and now I have been introduced to you, Lisa Miller, recommended by a friend. Thank you, Babala

[@dre__5676]

barbara Massey good for you!!

[@zz4881]

Such a uniquely beautiful, & needed dialogue about our foundational needs. Thank you.

[@ftcharvest]

I got my joy back in 2012. The real process, or protocol, to reclaim our stolen joy is surprisingly found in supernatural sources: fairy tales, legends, and even the Bible. Claiming back joy is only the first step on a path that leads to something truly epic - the rebirth of the spiritual child. How do I know this? Personal experiences and biblical confirmation leave no doubt in my mind. Here's the truly fascinating part: The coming New World Order, or the Apocalypse as some call it, might be your chance to achieve the same.

[@ericjohnson6665]

Thank you. I have long suspected that depression had a non-medical solution, but just releasing bottled up emotions didn't seem to be the answer. Your message here is similar to Caroline Myss' Angel 101 talk about the angels hitting us upside the head with at 2 x 4, to move us off the dime.

[@caninho1]

is she the granddaughter of the founder of paramount pictures?

[@ericjohnson6665]

The scene were Jesus asks "who is my mother?" is elaborated on in fine detail in The Urantia Book. The following is an excerpt: 154:6.1 (1721.1) It was about eight o’clock on this Sunday morning when five members of Jesus’ earth family arrived on the scene in response to the urgent summons of Jude’s sister-in-law. Of all his family in the flesh, only one, Ruth, believed wholeheartedly and continuously in the divinity of his mission on earth. Jude and James, and even Joseph, still retained much of their faith in Jesus, but they had permitted pride to interfere with their better judgment and real spiritual inclinations. Mary was likewise torn between love and fear, between mother love and family pride. Though she was harassed by doubts, she could never quite forget the visit of Gabriel ere Jesus was born. The Pharisees had been laboring to persuade Mary that Jesus was beside himself, demented. They urged her to go with her sons and seek to dissuade him from further efforts at public teaching. They assured Mary that soon Jesus’ health would break, and that only dishonor and disgrace could come upon the entire family as a result of allowing him to go on. And so, when the word came from Jude’s sister-in-law, all five of them started at once for Zebedee’s house, having been together at Mary’s home, where they had met with the Pharisees the evening before. They had talked with the Jerusalem leaders long into the night, and all were more or less convinced that Jesus was acting strangely, that he had acted strangely for some time. While Ruth could not explain all of his conduct, she insisted that he had always treated his family fairly and refused to agree to the program of trying to dissuade him from further work. 154:6.5 (1722.1) It was just another of those instances in which his earth family could not comprehend that he must be about his Father’s business. And so Mary and his brothers were deeply hurt when, notwithstanding that he paused in his speaking to receive the message, instead of his rushing out to greet them, they heard his musical voice speak with increased volume: “Say to my mother and my brothers that they should have no fear for me. The Father who sent me into the world will not forsake me; neither shall any harm come upon my family. Bid them be of good courage and put their trust in the Father of the kingdom. But, after all, who is my mother and who are my brothers?” And stretching forth his hands toward all of his disciples assembled in the room, he said: “I have no mother; I have no brothers. Behold my mother and behold my brethren! For whosoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my mother, my brother, and my sister.” www.urantiabook.org/154-Last-Days-at-Capernaum/#154_6 His spiritual mission was more important than his affection for his family, who at that moment, were attempting to derail his mission on Earth [aka Urantia]. That was an insult. And he retaliated.