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Where the Cross is Forever Erected
Something inside us, a defective gene in the moral DNA of the planet perhaps, must account for the fact that we are forever crucifying what’s gentle, innocent, and guileless. Nature
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Suicide – Some Misconceptions
It’s always painful when someone close to us dies, but the pain is compounded considerably when the cause of death is suicide. Suicide doesn’t just leave us with a sense
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Amazement as Blocking Compassion
Some years ago, when I was still a professor of theology, I received a phone call from one of the local parish priests, complaining about the unsettling effect that some
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Following Jesus – Be ready for some Surprises
Following Jesus is not without its surprises. It’s best to be forewarned. Here’s fair warning: Soren Kierkegaard once said that what Jesus wants is followers not admirers. He’s right. To
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Giving up Your Gun
In a rather remarkable series of autobiographical essays, the late Andre Dubus writes about his struggle to give up his gun. For most of his adult life, he had carried
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Love’s DNA
Recently, in a theology class, I was asked this question: “Why is it that whenever we talk about love we soon end up talking about rules and commandments? Invariably we
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The Church in Europe – Lessons to be Learned
Recently I attended a meeting of the major superiors of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Europe. More than a dozen countries, from both Western and Eastern Europe, were represented.
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On Sex And The Unsurrendered Life
The task of life is ultimately to surrender, as the gospels define this. If you were to take all of Jesus’ teachings, all that’s said about belief, morality, and piety
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Pagan Beauty
In his book, The Divine Milieu, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin confesses that throughout his life he was haunted by two great loves, God and pagan beauty. Both had the power
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In Praise of Skin
In her book, Nature and Other Mothers, Brenda Peterson has a marvellous little essay entitled: In Praise of Skin. Her reflections begin on a personal level. When she was thirty-five