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Tag Archives: Richard Rohr
Training in Shadow boxing
LIVING AS APPRENTICES The sun shyly made an effort last night. Right at the closing of a November-like day in October, it painted the tips of huge puffy gray clouds a light yellow. The sky looked like a mountain range topped with creamy lemon frosting. This striking sight reminded me of … Continue reading
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Tagged Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the 12 Steps, Richard Rohr, Shadowboxing, Twelve-step program
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Thoughts for Today
Living as Apprentices Thoughts From Fr. Richard Rohr: “The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines.” Thoughts From Francis of Assisi (whose … Continue reading
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Tagged Francis of Assisi, Richard Rohr, surrender
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Who we really are
Living as Apprentices I feel like I am a reporter, tagging along with great thinkers looking for drops of wisdom to share with my world. I’m blogging this ” wisdom drop” from Richard Rohr because it is such a wonderful addition to … Continue reading
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Tagged Apprentice of Jesus, Richard Rohr
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Learning to Be Human
“You came from God and you will return to God. Your deepest DNA is clearly divine. What else did we mean when we said “God created all things? . . . . You are already spiritual beings, and the only … Continue reading
The Legacy of Suffering
Last night an Apprentice class I am teaching focused on the concept of the huge personal transformation that is possible when we realize to the bottom of our souls that Christ’s sacrifice and resurrection mean that we are new creations … Continue reading
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Tagged Henri Nouwen, James Bryan Smith, redeeming suffering, Richard Rohr, wounded healers
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The Devil’s Camouflage
“The devil’s secret is camouflage. The devil’s job is to look very moral! It has to look like we are defending some great purpose or cause, like “making the world safe for democracy” or “keeping the bad people off the … Continue reading
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Tagged Richard Rohr, Thomas Aquinas
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The Power of Now – Thoughts from Richard Rohr
This reflection from Richard Rohr is deeply packed with how/why we are to grab on to “Now.” I am such a creature of time that “now” is usually gone before I notice it or arrives with projections I have placed on it long ago … Continue reading
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Tagged Power of Now, Richard Rohr, The Sacrament of the Present Moment
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Breathing Under Water – part 10
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood [God], praying only for knowledge of [God’s] will for us and the … Continue reading
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