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Suicide and the Soul
More than fifty years ago, James Hillman wrote a book entitled, Suicide and the Soul. The book was intended for therapists and he knew it wouldn’t receive an easy reception
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The Search for an Indubitable Truth
In a book, 12 Rules for Life – An Antidote to Chaos, that’s justifiably making waves in many circles today, Jordan Peterson shares about his own journey towards truth and
https://ronrolheiser.com/the-search-for-an-indubitable-truth/
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What’s in a Name?
We’re called to a name change. We’re all familiar with the incident in the bible where God changes the name of Abram to Abraham. The change seems so small that
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Bridging the Unbridgeable Gap
“Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no
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Chastity and Love
Woe to chastity that is not practiced out of love, but woe to love that excludes chastity. These are the words of Benoit Standaert, a Benedictine monk, and I believe
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An Ode to the Church
Carlo Carretto was an Italian monk who died in 1988. For many years he lived as a hermit in the Sahara Desert, translated the scriptures into the Tuareg language, and
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How to Respond
Sometimes all you can do is to put your mouth to the dust and wait. That’s a counsel from the Book of Lamentations and while perhaps not the best response
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Beautiful Stoics
There’s a rich literature being written today by some highly intelligent, sensitive men and women who might best be described as agnostic stoics. Unlike some of their atheistic counterparts whose
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The Power of a Compliment
Thomas Aquinas once suggested that it’s a sin to not give a compliment to someone when it’s deserved because by withholding our praise we’re depriving that person of the food
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Why I Believe in God
Some of my favorite authors are agnostics, men and women who face life honestly and courageously without faith in a personal God. They’re stoics mostly, persons who have made peace