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The Perils of Safety
I was raised to be cautious, physically and morally: “Be careful! Don’t make a mistake! Be safe! Don’t do anything for which you’ll be sorry!” I inhaled those words, literally,
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Private Integrity
In the movie, City Slickers, there’s a scene that sheds light on the importance of private integrity: Three men, New Yorkers, close friends, have gone off together for a summer
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The Eucharist as a Celebration of Everyday Life
We sometimes forget that Jesus was born in a barn, not a church, and that the God of the Incarnation is as much about kitchen tables as ecclesial altars. God
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God Judges No One
There’s a question about God’s goodness as old as religion itself: How can an all-good God send someone to hell for all eternity? How can God be all-merciful and all-loving
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Religious Language as Icon
Before Henri Nouwen wrote the book that became his signature work, Return of the Prodigal Son, he went to The Hermitage museum in Russia and sat for whole days contemplating
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Love – Illusion and Reality
In her novel, Brief Lives, Anita Brookner makes this observation: When we are young, she says, and hear sad love songs we think that the sadness and disappointment are a
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Too-bruised to be Touched – One of the Causes of Suicide
The poet, Hafiz, wrote a poem nearly 700 years ago entitled, We Should Talk About This Problem. In it, God addresses a wounded soul: There is a Beautiful Creature Living
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The Eucharist as a call to Justice
When the famous historian Christopher Dawson decided to become a Roman Catholic, his aristocratic mother was distressed, not because she had any aversion to Catholic dogma, but because now her
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What is the Essence of True Religion?
What defines true religion? What ultimately constitutes true worship? How do we know that we aren’t rationalizing our own selves and calling it religion? How do we know that we
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A Particularly Joyous Wedding
Last week I presided at a wedding ceremony. All weddings are special, but this one was particularly special. Why? The young woman getting married was wonderfully radiant and healthy, but