Article July 16, 2001 Issue

Escape from Guilt Swamp

Recently We Spoke with contributing editor Richard Bergenheim. Richard has spent many years helping people pray, and their feelings of guilt have often needed to be taken into account in their search to find God and healing.

Sometimes people feel guilty because they think they haven't lived up to their expectations or achieved a particular goal. What would you say to them?

Sometimes people run film loops in their mind—in which a particular scene is repeated over and over and over again. Sometimes when we get into a feeling of guilt and disappointment, we keep going over it. Then it's impossible to make progress. It's like a hamster that's on a spinning-wheel—it keeps running and running but doesn't get anywhere.

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