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The Mystery of Giving and Receiving Spirit
There are different ways to be present or absent to each other. For example, when Jesus is saying farewell to his disciples he tries to explain to them some of
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Hatred and the Gospel
There is a popular theme within Christian apologetics that goes something like this: Christianity is the most hated of all religions and that is a certain proof of its truth.
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Mystic or Unbeliever
A generation ago, Karl Rahner made the statement that there would soon come a time when each of us will either be a mystic or a non-believer. What’s implied here?
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The Kenotic and the Triumphant Christ
One of the deeper issues underlying the tension between liberals and conservatives in the church is the tension between the kenotic and the triumphant Christ, the tension between the Christ
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The Struggle to Will-the-One-Thing
What makes a saint? One of my favorite definitions comes from Soren Kierkegaard who once famously wrote: “To be a saint is to will the one thing.” That sounds simple,
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A Spirituality of Martyrdom
Only if we adore something beyond ourselves will we stop adoring ourselves. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said as much when we wrote that we reach moral maturity on the day
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Seeing the Resurrection
God never overpowers, never twists arms, never pushes your face into something so as to take away your freedom. God respects our freedom and is never a coercive force. And
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A Drama of the Heart – Jesus’ Sacrifice
It is one thing to love when you feel love around you, when others understand you and are grateful for your person and gifts; it is quite another when everything
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Inarticulate Loves
There is a fine little poem by an American poet, Lee Yung Lee, about a relationship between a father and a son. I read it in church sometimes on Father’s
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The Nature of Faith
God made us in his image and likeness and we have never stopped returning the favor. We are forever creating God in our own image and likeness. We picture God,