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Shedding Things
It is never easy to move, especially if we have lived in one place for a while. We accumulate too many things and it is only when we set about
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Some Principles for Justice
Two principles need constantly to be highlighted regarding social justice and our faith in Christ because both, albeit by very different groups, continually fall off of the spiritual radar screen.
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Happiness and Paradox
If you want to make yourself unhappy real quickly, ask yourself this set of questions: Am I happy? Does anyone really love me? Does anyone really understand me truly for
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Tensions within Spirituality
Healthy spirituality has always been a question of putting a number of things into a delicate balance and then walking a tightrope so as not to fall off either side.
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Promise Keepers
It draws very different reactions. Liberals see it as a dangerous move by the religious right. The National Organization for Women in the U.S. calls it “the greatest danger to
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Losing a Loved One to Suicide
There is perhaps nothing more painful in the world than for us to lose a loved one to suicide. A couple of months ago, I received a letter from a
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Church as Larry’s Party
Carol Shields ends her recent novel, Larry’s Party, with a scene depicting a dinner party. Larry, the bungling hero of her story, has invited a motley group of persons to
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A Mature Sexuality
The Greek philosophers used to say that we are fired into life with a madness that comes from the gods and that this energy is the root all love, hate,
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Faith through Mysticism
Karl Rahner once said that the time is fast approaching when one will either be a mystic or an unbeliever. He’s right. None of us can rely much longer on
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Carrying Tension
When I was in graduate school, in class one day the professor was lecturing on sexuality and morality, the issue of masturbation was raised and a student stopped him dead