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Tag Archives: Richard Rohr
Contemplation and Social Justice
A quote for today from Joan Chittister: “Contemplation is a very dangerous activity. It not only brings us face to face with God. It brings us, as well, face to face with the world, face to face with the self. And … Continue reading
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Tagged Joan Chittister, Mary Darling, Richard Rohr, Tony Campolo
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“How You Do This Moment Is Probably Who You Are”
“How you do this moment is probably who you are” This title of a daily devotional by Richard Rohr really got my attention this morning. Fr. Richard goes on to say, “”The full now is always a taste of something … Continue reading
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Tagged Richard Rohr, Sacramental living; One Day at a Time
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Breathing Under Water – Part 9
“Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.” Step 8 & 9 of … Continue reading
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Tagged Henri Nouwen, Making amends, Richard Rohr, The Twelve Steps
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Breathing Under Water – Part 8
“Humbly asked [God] to remove our shortcomings.” Step 7 of The Twelve Steps And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them,, … Continue reading
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Breathing Under Water – Part 6
“Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” Step 4 of The Twelve Steps Many years ago, I enrolled in a two-year counseling program with the goal of becoming a certified substance abuse counselor. Never mind that I was a self-satisfied enabler and codependent; … Continue reading
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Breathing Under Water – 5
Step 3 of the Twelve Steps: “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand God.” Renouncing our will. Doesn’t sound pleasant, does it? However, Jesus put it even more … Continue reading
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Tagged Breathing Underwater: Spirituality and the 12 Steps, Eugene H. Peterson, Friedrich Nietzsche, Richard Rohr
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The True and full Gospel – Richard Rohr
“It seems to me that it is a minority that ever gets the true and full Gospel—in any denomination. Most of us just keep worshiping Jesus and arguing over the right way to do it. The amazing thing is that … Continue reading
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