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Parenting as a Path
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:30:24
Publish Date: 2021-08-12 11:22:02
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With her husband Tom, a social worker, author Eileen Flanagan has raised two healthy, energized teenagers at their home in the East Falls section of Philadelphia. And for Eileen, bringing up a family has offered her a rich fount of life lessons about patience, knowing when to let go, and just appreciating the wonder and mystery of children. As a Quaker, she looks for the role of a divine higher power in orchestrating these experiences and providing endless opportunities to learn and develop her own spiritual journey. She wrote a powerful essay about the lessons entitled God Raising Us. In this episode, Eileen discusses her perceptions of the spirituality of parenting as well as reflections on the Serenity Prayer, on which she wrote the book, The Wisdom to Know the Difference.
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