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Not So Afraid – a poem about friendship, among other things
The sparrows are spinning warmth into the winter world. Their delicate, clear chirps bring with them a crisp joy, making me not so afraid of the howling wind. So, too, the friends of my heart. Joyce...
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Faith is countercultural
Because of [faith], you freely, willingly, and joyfully do good to everyone, serve everyone, suffer all kinds of things, love and praise the God who has shown you such grace. Thus Martin Luther in ‘An...
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Secondary realities that are to be strongly resisted
Here’s another insightful quote from John Swinton’s Raging with Compassion: Pastoral Responses to the Problem of Evil: Sin, evil, and suffering … are secondary realities, intruders into the goodness of...
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The last of the human freedoms
Reflecting on his experiences in Auschwitz, Victor Frankl remembers that the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread … offer sufficient proof that...
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Repressed and stifled
When the female voice is repressed and stifled, the entire community can easily find themselves cut off from the sacred feminine, depriving themselves of the full image of God. Thus Rob Bell in What We...
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This
The challenge for all of us is: to become more and more the kind of people who are aware of the divine presence, attuned to the ruach [the spirit of God], present to the depths of each and every...
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It’s like there’s a scale from 1 to 10, and you always would have sworn that someone or something mattered to you with a 10. But then you almost (or you actually do) lose her or him or it or them, and...
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More and more
I move more slowly than I used to because I don’t want to miss anything. I find more and more beauty and meaning in everyday, average moments that I would have missed before. I need fewer answers...
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Rat – art
I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along. Banksy, Wall and Piece Tagged: art, Banksy
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Homeric battle
The library is the arena where every day the Homeric battle begins between books and readers. In this struggle, the librarians are the referees. … Either they’re cowards and take the side of the...
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An instrument of torture
And my final quote from Sophie Divry’s The Library of Unrequited Love, this time on the Dewey decimal classification: What a perverse invention, an instrument of torture. … Stupid, anarchic,...
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Ubuntu
Desmond Tutu, commenting on someone who has ubuntu, says: This means they are generous, hospitable, friendly, caring, and compassionate. They share what they have. It also means my humanity is caught...
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Friendship
Friendship is a basic and vital human relationship that forms the social fabric of our lives. It is in and through friendships that we discover our identity, gain our sense of value and place in the...
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Recognition, misrecognition or non-recognition
… our identity is partly shaped by recognition or its absence, often by the misrecognition of others, and so a person or group of people can suffer real damage, real distortion, if the people or...
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Rehabilitating desire
Desire has a disreputable reputation in religious circles. When most people hear the term, they think of two things: sexual desire or material wants, both of which are often condemned by some religious...
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Beyond your wildest dreams
The present moment holds infinite riches beyond your wildest dreams but you will only enjoy them to the extent of your faith and love. The more a soul loves, the more it longs, the more it hopes, the...
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Prayer and change
Prayer should move us to action, even if it simply makes us want to be more compassionate and faithful. Entering into a relationship with God will change us, will make us more loving, and will move us...
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The crumbs which clever minds tread underfoot
Those who have abandoned themselves to God always lead mysterious lives and receive from God exceptional and miraculous gifts by means of the most ordinary, natural and chance experiences in which...
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