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Measuring Ourselves in Love
When I was younger, I was pretty confident that I knew what love meant. After all, we all experience love in some way, being in love, loving someone, being loved
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Painful Goodbyes and the Ascension
Among the deeper mysteries in life perhaps the one we struggle with the most is the mystery of the Ascension. It’s not so much that we misunderstand it, we simply
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Moral Loneliness
Robert Coles, in describing Simone Weil, once suggested that what she really suffered from and what motivated her life was her moral loneliness. What is that? Moral loneliness is what
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God’s Voice as Invitation
Where does God speak in our world? How does God speak? Whenever you hear a voice that sounds coercive, threatening, overbearing, that is somehow loud and in your face, you
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Commandments for Daily Life
Almost thirty years ago, Daniel Berrigan wrote a little book that he entitled, Ten Commandments for the Long Haul. It was, in effect, a handbook of sorts on how to
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Einstein on God and Religion
A recent issue of TIME magazine carried a series of excerpts from the diaries of Albert Einstein that give us an insight into how he felt about God and religion.
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The Resurrection – The Power of Positive Thinking or the Power of God?
Classical writers in all religious traditions tell us that there is a secret to growth, namely, when we reach a certain point, we must let grace do the work. It
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The Cross of Jesus
Among all the religious symbols in the world none is more universal than the cross. You see crosses everywhere, on walls, on hillsides, in churches, in houses, in bedrooms, on
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Overcoming Hypersensitivity
In her autobiography, Therese of Lisieux describes what she considers as one of the key moments of conversion in her life: She was the youngest in her family and her
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Brilliant, Grumpy Old Men
Two of the better books I’ve read lately come from secular authors, James Hillman and Kurt Vonnegut. What these writers have in common, beyond common sense and great insight, is