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Grieving Death
Most of us are familiar with the story of Zorba the Greek, either through Nikos Kazantzakis’ famous book or through the movie. Well, Zorba was not a fictional character. He
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What is Love Asking of Us Now?
“You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” Anne Lamott Those are words worth
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What is Your Practice?
Today, the common question in spiritual circles is not, “What is your church or your religion?” But, “what is your practice?” What is your practice? What is your particular explicit
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My Top Ten Books for 2020
When St. Augustine said that “concerning taste there can be no dispute”, he was only partially right. Admittedly, taste always has a subjective aspect; but there’s always an objective component
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Christmas as Shattering the Containers of Our Expectations
Funny how God invariably shatters the containers of our expectations. We have a notion of how God should act and God ends up acting in a way that shatters all
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The Illusion of Invulnerability
Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. That’s a pious axiom that doesn’t always hold up. Sometimes the bad time comes and we don’t learn anything. Hopefully this present bad
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From Saint Tarcisius to People Magazine: Our Evolution in Admiration and Imitation
When I was a young boy growing up in a Catholic community, the catechesis of the time tried to inspire the hearts of the young with stories of martyrs, saints,
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Our Wounds, Our Gifts, and Our Power to Heal Others
Nearly fifty years ago Henri Nouwen wrote a book entitled, The Wounded Healer. Its reception established his reputation as unique spiritual mentor and he went on to become one of
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An Invitation to Maturity – Weeping Over Jerusalem
Maturity has various levels. Basic maturity is defined as having essentially outgrown the instinctual selfishness with which we were born so that our motivation and actions are now shaped by
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Can The Ground Cry Out?
Does the earth feel pain? Can it groan and cry out to God? Can the earth curse us for our crimes? It would seem so, and not just because ecologists,