tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post113189410575293631..comments2023-10-23T12:23:54.134-05:00Comments on Larry James' Urban Daily: Joy: Rx for PainLarry Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06124477733714017000noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-1132100538890026652005-11-15T18:22:00.000-06:002005-11-15T18:22:00.000-06:00Loved the post, Larry. However, the last time I da...Loved the post, Larry. However, the last time I danced in public they held me down and put a spoon in my mouth, all the while screaming something about a seizure. Can't figure it out myself. <BR/><BR/>Christians should be the happiest people in the world. We win!!!PatrickMeadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741720069221746106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-1132074742589862532005-11-15T11:12:00.000-06:002005-11-15T11:12:00.000-06:00Anonymous, thanks for the very personal and helpfu...Anonymous, thanks for the very personal and helpful post. <BR/><BR/>An elderly woman once told me, "Larry, we carry our grief in buckets in this neighborhood." <BR/><BR/>Much of what we do in the city boils down to organizing "dances" so that people can come together to address the causes of their mutual pain.Larry Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124477733714017000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-1132068320271288642005-11-15T09:25:00.000-06:002005-11-15T09:25:00.000-06:00Several years ago my 23 year old fought a bitter b...Several years ago my 23 year old fought a bitter battle with depression. I watched one night as he left home on foot in the dead of winter with no coat--carrying only a backpack with his Bible, journal. I fell to the floor weeping, exhausted from worry and weary from walking with this brutally injured child. God spoke clearly to my heart at that moment . . . "Your work is to dance." Dancing is a good work of God--work when there is little else to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com