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From My Reading – June
“The only people who grow in truth are those who are humble and honest. This is traditional Christian doctrine and is, in effect, the maxim of Alcoholics Anonymous. Without those two qualities—humility and honesty—we just don’t grow. If we try … Continue reading
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Tagged Christina Baldwin, Henry Nouwen, Ikkyu, Illia Deo, Isabel Wilkerson, John Wesley, Kent Nerburn
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The Battle for the Soul of America
For three years now I have been fighting two battles, one physical and one spiritual. The physical battle is against two diseases at war against my body: multiple myeloma, a treatable but incurable blood cell cancer which destroys the good blood … Continue reading
From my Reading
“In essence, shedding opens us to self-transformation. Paradox- ically, those of us who refuse such renewal will, sooner or later, be forced to undergo transformation anyway as a result of being broken or eroded by the world” (Mark Nepo, The Book … Continue reading
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Tagged David Bast, Henry Nouwen, Jon Bailey, Mark Nepo, Wendell Berry, Words of Hope
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Living as Apprentices 