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Category Archives: Living as Apprentices
People of the Lie – Update
When I was growing up, I was taught that what our family believed was the Truth; if you didn’t agree, you were wrong. Then I learned that there is my truth, your truth, and then there is the Truth. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Edmund Burke, the temptation of Jesus, truth and lies
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Keeping Open the Doors of our Hearts
This blog now contains over 560 posts. The post below first appeared in November, 2012. I am sharing it again because it is appropriate for us to remember in a time of racial division. The following quote is by Howard Thurman, … Continue reading
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Tagged Howard Thurman, Loving Others, Martin Luther King, nonviolence, social change
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How Did We Get Here? – A Perspective on the 2016 Election
“How did we get here?” is a question I have heard often in the weeks since Donald Trump was elected as the 45th President of the United States. “What do we do now?” is the next question. The two quotes … Continue reading
Theology and a Hallmark Movie
I admit it! My guilty pleasure in times of anxiety and stress is watching an occasional Hallmark movie – especially at Christmas time. My favorite movie of the season is The Christmas Ornament. I also admit that even though I … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas movies, Hallmark Channel, the love of God
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Remnant
My mother carefully saved remnants from a lifetime of sewing in a closet in her sewing room. There lived a brimming-over bounty of ribbed burgundy corduroy, pajama-smooth flannel, perky cottons, formal wools and tweeds. Many of these cherished fragments came … Continue reading
Are you a Contemplative?
“I don’t see myself as a contemplative person,” I said confidently to my spiritual director. “What?! he replied. “Of course you are a contemplative person! You are always thinking; you contemplate. Remember your Latin,” he went on. “The word contemplation comes … Continue reading
The Devil’s Job
This blog now contains more than 550 posts. The post below first appeared on June 28, 2013. I am sharing it again because it is appropriate for us to carry with us as we close out a period of incendiary … Continue reading
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Tagged evil, following Jesus, Richard Rohr
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