Skip to content
Infinitely Precious

Infinitely Precious

You are. Everyone is. Everything is.

  • About Me
  • Contact
  • Practices
  • Videos

Tag: Christian discipleship

A Grace-filled Creed

Glowing seedlings emerging from soil in a wildflower meadow during sunset
July 20, 2026July 15, 2026 ~ James ~ Leave a comment

We believe God is always scattering grace— not only on the ready and receptive,but also on the hard, shallow, crowded places within us. We believe no heart is fixed forever.We are not simply one kind of soil;we are living ground, changing with the seasons. We believe faith is more than inherited answersor words once spoken.It … Continue reading A Grace-filled Creed

  • A Grace-filled Creed
  • A Sabbath Creed
  • Ripening Enoughness: I Am, and That’s Enough
  • Ripening Action: The Ripples You Never See
  • Forty Years Later: Who Have I Become?
Follow Infinitely Precious on WordPress.com

You are infinitely precious and unconditionally loved for the gift you already are.

James Henry

Ripening Release: Loving Without Grasping - Infinitely Precious

What if holding on too tightly is actually what's keeping you stuck?In this episode of the Infinitely Precious Podcast, host James Henry continues his series on the ripening dimensions of a well-lived life, turning this week to ripening release — the practice of loosening our grip on time, relationships, past hurts, and old versions of the people we love.James explores what it means to release the "mountaintop" highs and the lowest lows we tend to hold onto as defining moments, and why clinging to either keeps us stuck in comparison instead of present to what's actually in front of us. He unpacks why loving without grasping means falling in love, again and again, with the person someone is becoming — not the person they used to be.The conversation moves naturally into forgiveness and reconciliation, using the Japanese art of Kintsugi (repairing broken pottery with gold) as a metaphor for how relationships heal: not by erasing the break, but by becoming something new, scars and all. James also draws a clear, practical distinction between guilt and shame — guilt as an invitation to take responsibility and grow, shame as a trap that convinces us our worst moment defines who we are.This episode closes with a simple, gentle practice: naming what you're still gripping, and asking whether you're ready to let it go.In this episode:Why holding onto peak or painful moments keeps us from being presentLoving without grasping: releasing the "person you married" to receive who they are nowForgiveness vs. reconciliation — and why they aren't the same thingKintsugi as a metaphor for healing and transformation after brokennessThe difference between guilt (invites growth) and shame (defines identity)A guided reflection practice on release
  1. Ripening Release: Loving Without Grasping 16:02
  2. Ripening Enough-ness: I Am, and That's Enough 13:02
  3. Ripening Action: The Ripple You Never See 12:46
  4. Forty Years Later: Who Have I Become? 14:02
  5. Ripening Intention: Showing Up As Yourself 09:33
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Infinitely Precious
    • Join 707 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Infinitely Precious
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar