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A View of Life as We Wish it to Be
This blog now contains 871 posts. Once in a while, I re-post a favorite of mine, hoping that it is, or will become, a favorite of yours. This blog was first published on Nov. 22, 2017. Merry Christmas! About a … Continue reading
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From My Reading – December
“Politics—government—does not exist for itself and, if it does, that is precisely when it becomes at least death-dealing if not entirely evil. Nation-states and empires have all “died the death” in the wake of such power run amuck, of such … Continue reading
A Smaller Life
“Today, at age 76 — as I weather the autumn of my own life — I find nature a trustworthy guide. It’s easy to fixate on everything that goes to ground as time goes by: the disintegration of a relationship, … Continue reading
Going Deeper with God – Living through Good and Bad (Ecclesiastes 7:13-14)
In Eat this Book, Eugene Peterson teaches us to chew on a passage of scripture, digest it and then put it to use in practical ways. Our early Christian fathers and mothers called this process Lectio Divina. Ecclesiastes 7:13-14 re- … Continue reading
“It Wasn’t So Bad!”
Did you ever wish you could recognize holy moments in time to live fully in them? I had an opportunity to do just that this week in the most unlikely place – the flu clinic at the doctor’s office. As … Continue reading
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From My Reading – November
“All the great saints in history about whom I have read have been people who were so passionately in love with God that they were completely free to love other people in a deep, affective way, without any strings attached. True … Continue reading
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Tagged Henri Nouwen, Pádraig Ó Tuamahr, Richard Rohr, Tim Shriver
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The Battle of the Newspaper
It’s only a thin daily paper, maybe 12-15 pages many of which are filled with ads. But for years, I have faithfully read the Holland Sentinel – when it was not so good journalism and now that it is pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged detachment, Holland Sentinel, soul-training exercises
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