“… there was love behind my shut gate.” on the way that fear/pain keep us away from love, each other

A reading from a recent Medium post titled “… there was love behind my shut gate.” Subtitled "on the way that fear and pain keep us away from love and each other". In this episode, I quote an episode from the writing of Rufus M. Jones, a Quaker, after the untimely death of his son. Along with the quote, there is the acknowledgement of the way that trauma and tragedy can cause us to draw in, instead of remaining open to God and to others. This post can be found at https://medium.com/@jasonhobbslcsw/there-was-love-behind-my-shut-gate-9857e106d5ae You can read other Medium posts at medium.com/@jasonhobbslcsw. Go here for Jason's recently released book!