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Tag Archives: Richard Rohr
Becoming a Wounded Healer: “Transcend and Include”
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I have been writing about wounded healers in the last few posts. The inimitable Richard Rohr adds this concept to the mix, although he doesn’t connect it to wounded healers: the healing of our wounds involves humility. … Continue reading
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A Reconciling Third
LIVING AS APPRENTICES The quote below is a portion of a daily meditation from Richard Rohr. It is a freeing description of how we can resolve the tension between two people or groups who must always be right. (I have … Continue reading
Being Awake for the Sunrise
LIVING AS APPRENTICES “The Sufi tell of the disciple who asked the elder, “Is there anything I can do to make myself enlightened?” “As little as you can do to make the sun rise in the morning.” “Then, of what … Continue reading
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Looking Inward
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I was describing a recent introspective moment to a friend. I told her that I had analyzed my defensive reaction to an e-mail and found another example of “vainglory” – the need to impress others to gain … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Steps, denial, moral inventory, perfectionism, Richard Rohr, shadow boxing
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“Stinking Thinking”
LIVING AS APPRENTICES Here’s a conscience-pricking comment from Wendell Berry. We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. And this has been based on the even flimsier assumption that we … Continue reading
The Beauty of Shadow Boxing – Part 1
LIVING AS APPRENTICES My favorite definition for the term spiritual formation comes from M. Robert Mulholland: “the process of conforming to the image of Jesus for the sake of others.” And my favorite expression of that process is a phrase … Continue reading
Me Watching Me
LIVING AS APPRENTICES In the classes I teach, I’m accustomed to saying that spiritual transformation requires three components: surrender, choice, and feeling safe (i.e. believing that we live in the unshakable kingdom God and no matter what happens to us we are … Continue reading
Ringing in the New
LIVING AS APPRENTICES My Christmas decorations are put away, the furniture is re-arranged, the frosted cookies are almost gone. Somehow Advent has already moved into Christmastide; soon it will be Epiphany (Jan. 6). On January 13 we will silently pass into Ordinary Time until Lent. In early … Continue reading
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Tagged Francis Chan, New Year's Day, Richard Rohr, starting over
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