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Playing In The Sun
I love the sun. Something about it lifts my soul. My body too rarely gets enough of it. Against the advice of my parents, and now the doctors, I have
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Faith Requires Religion
Several generations ago, Friedrich Schleiermacher, a prominent Protestant theologian, wrote a book with a curious but revealing title. It translates something like: Speeches on Religion for those among the Cultured
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Life Calls For Mourning
In a recent article, Henri Nouwen counsels us to grieve: “Mourn, my people, mourn. Let your pain rise up in your heart and burst forth in you with sobs and
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The Vale Of Tears
There is a story in the Old Testament that both shocks and fascinates by its sheer earthiness. A certain king, Jephthah, is at war and things are going badly for
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A Role Reversal At Death
Recently I lost a sister through cancer. In my previous column, I described her death, how the pain and devastation of this disease eventually reduced her to a state wherein
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Giving Birth Through Death
Have you ever stood by the bed of someone dying of a terminal disease or of old age and, in pain and anger, wondered why death sometimes works the way
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Living in the Holy Spirit
Few expressions so succinctly summarize what is asked of us as Christians as does the expression: “to live in the Spirit.” Too often, however, this phrase is used in a
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A Mystic for Today
As child of my own generation, I catch myself drawn to the lives of the rich and famous. As a child of my parents’ generation, I also find myself attracted
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Chaos And Original Sin
Shortly before she died of cancer, Princeton mayor, Barbara Boggs Sigmund, commented in The New York Times that too many people spontaneously judge a cancer victim as somehow responsible for
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The Traditional Idea Of Love And Marriage – Under Siege
Most of us who are over 35 were raised on a certain morality regarding marriage, sex, and family. In brief, we were taught the ideal of one sexual and marriage
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