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Paschal Imagination
The night before he first knelt to became “the most reluctant convert in all of Christendom”, C.S. Lewis spent some long hours walking with J.R. Tolkien, the famous novelist (Lord
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Take Up Your Couch And Walk
Daniel Berrigan once wrote that if Jesus returned to earth he would pick up the whips he used on the moneychangers, go into counseling offices and therapy groups, and drive
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Love and our Baptismal Robes
Inside of each of us, rooted so deeply that no cynicism or hurt can ever eradicate it, lays the ideal of purity. In the end, all of us hate stain,
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A Prayer for Peace
“LORD, OUR GOD … We come to you in helplessness. We have at this time no prophet, priest, prince, or leader.
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Reaction to War (First in a two part series)
Many of us, I suspect, had the same reaction when, on January 16th, we heard the news that war had broken out in the Persian Gulf. We sat glued to
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Blessing And Cursing Life
“And God saw that it was good, indeed it was very good! This tells us how God feels about us and the world and it contains the implication that we
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The Incarnation Honors the Flesh
Canadian poet, J.S. Porter, writes: Honour flesh, its passing, its oblivion. Touch woos the woman; Kiss awakens the princess. One is death. Two is
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What is a Father?
Twenty years ago today my father died, late on a December night. As clearly as I remember his death, I remember the bitter cold. Within a day the temperature dipped
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Optimism Or Pessimism
This past summer, while being interviewed by a journalist, I was asked whether or not I am optimistic or pessimistic about the future. Being pathologically eclectic, my answer is stolen
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An Open Letter from a Restless Pilgrim
Recently I received a letter from a lady whom I have never met, but who occasionally writes to me. She writes when she is frustrated and, at that time, is
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