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Tag Archives: Truth
The nature of HOPE in an ICU
I am a staff chaplain in a hospital with four critical care floors and a cancer unit, and naturally I spend a lot of my time on those critical care floors. My time is spent with patients and families who … Continue reading
God?
So I just read my last blog post again and realized how theistic it sounds. God – the Great “I Am.” As a Christian one would assume I am a theist. But I find myself in the post-Christian camp, more of … Continue reading
In Preparation for Ash Wednesday – a Reflection
Ash Wednesday is a day that unites all Christians. Even though it isn’t a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics it has become a priority. Why is it so important to us? In New Orleans one could speculate that we … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, God, Hope, religion, spirituality
Tagged Christianity, God, hope, Prayer, reflections, religion, spirituality, Truth
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In the Eye of the Storm
Posted in Faith, God, grace, gratefulness, Hope, meaning, religion, spirituality, Suffering
Tagged Christianity, depression, gratitude, meaning, Prayer, spirituality, stress, Truth
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Why you don’t need God to believe in eternal life
Excerpt from, “Grief Without Beliefs” from the Huffington Post. I know that we’re alive through our offspring. You are physically an embodiment of your father’s biological and genetic essence. This includes everything from how you look to many of the … Continue reading
Grounded – God is in the Mud and the Mess
Diana Butler Bass in her book Grounded talks about the loss of faith in the triple layer, wedding cake view of the universe – with God in the heavens, below it the earth God created, and below that the place of … Continue reading
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Tagged meaning, Nature, spirituality, Truth
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Millennials and God: are they atheists or modern theists?
Is it true that the millennials aren’t interested in God? Or is it that they don’t believe in the God that the traditional theists believe in: the patriarchal, omnipotent, judging God who required a blood sacrifice in order to facilitate … Continue reading
Facing our own darkness
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, faith, healing, hope, spirituality, suffering, Truth
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The Four Steps to Wisdom, Anthony de Mello
From the DeMello Center for Spirituality http://demellospirituality.com/awareness/the-four-steps-to-wisdom.html The first thing you need to do is get in touch with negative feelings that you’re not even aware of. Lots of people have negative feelings they’re not aware of. Lots of people … Continue reading
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Tagged creation, depression, hope, Reality, spirituality, suffering, Truth, values
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Searching and Doubting
I recently read the wise opinion that if you are searching for answers to ultimate questions, to the God questions, then you should be engaged in some way with the Ultimate, with God as someone understands God to be, even … Continue reading