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March 1st, 2010
A challenge to work on everyday acceptance
Acceptance is the answer to all my problems, because if I'm in acceptance, I have no problems. OK, that takes care of this column. See ...
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February 18th, 2010
Looking back at life and death through the eyes of a 10-year-old
For Kathleen Erin Daly
The outside cover of Natalie Babbit's 1975 novel Tuck Everlasting poses just one question — what would you do if you could ...
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February 16th, 2010
A closer look at the benefits of meditation for Christians
In a famous exchange, Dan Rather asked Mother Teresa of Calcutta what she says in prayer and she replied, "I don't say anything. I listen." ...
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February 5th, 2010
A retreat series and new Paulist Productions documentary look at forgiveness
Rev. Frank Desiderio, CSP, facilitates forgiveness retreats throughout the United States (forgivenessretreats.org), featuring the award-winning documentary The Big Question: A Film About Forgiveness, which he executive-produced while president of Paulist Productions. ...
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February 4th, 2010
How The Sims made me rethink the Book of Job
Job takes a look in the mirror. He brushes his teeth and slaps his face, trying to wake up for his first day ...
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February 1st, 2010
The freedom of commitment
I know where I'll be every Monday and Tuesday evening, and on Sunday mornings. And I know what I'll be doing first thing every day. ...
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January 26th, 2010
The renowned novelist and critic on Reading Jesus
Having spent more than three decades chronicling Catholic life as an author of novels, short stories, essays, memoirs and biographies, Mary Gordon decided to take ...
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January 18th, 2010
A New Year's challenge: Enhance your connection with God
I've been taken aback these last few weeks by all the retrospectives and their universal declaration ...
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January 12th, 2010
Becoming a spiritual healer
As a natural healer, I noticed that some clients got well in a reasonable amount of time while others, even though they might have the ...
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December 31st, 2009
Seeking the sacred dimensions of daily life
Faith, spirituality and religion are too often looked upon as the province of “experts” who spend all their time in places of worship with their noses buried deep in holy books. At BustedHalo.com we frequently ...
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December 31st, 2009
A plea for an end to our culture wars
The uproar over Notre Dame's honoring President Obama in late May exposed the fissures within American Catholicism that will no doubt be on display following ...
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December 26th, 2009
It isn't boring, it isn't non-Christian and you do have the time for it
The promise of meditation is not the 20 minutes of refuge from an otherwise insane day, wonderful as that may be. The promise is to ...
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December 13th, 2009
Making the best of a bad situation
Are you going home for Christmas with trepidation because it means dealing with a drunken parent? Are you not going home for Christmas because, after years ...
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December 8th, 2009
'New Jew' Patrick Aleph is reclaiming righteousness by creating his own Jewish genre
Patrick Aleph, lead singer of punk band Can Can, has started an oh-so-needed movement in the Jewish community called Punk ...
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November 30th, 2009
The spiritual value of not running late
This is one I still struggle with. A lot. I'm in no way an expert in getting places on time. But I'm much better than ...
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November 25th, 2009
One believer puts aside his childhood religion
I was just a child when I first began learning about Christianity in my hometown in North Carolina, but I was soon faced with a ...
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November 17th, 2009
A young Jewish woman in NYC asks herself tough questions about religion and spirituality
In Rendezvous with G-d, twentysomething blogger and journalist Monica Rozenfeld explores what it actually means as a young Jewish woman in New York City ...
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November 2nd, 2009
An unassuming little tool in my spiritual first aid kit that can have a big impact
I want to share with you a little method with a big impact: the Welcoming Prayer. This unassuming little method has helped me many times. ...
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October 30th, 2009
Southern Pagans peek out of the broom closet
Tom Cornwell had a secret stashed in the ottoman of his Savannah, Georgia, home. A former Jehovah's Witness elder and minister for 20 years, he ...
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October 19th, 2009
Letting go of our burdens
We've all heard the jokes. Ever since the term "baggage" entered popular use thanks to the 80s inner child movement, it's been both a warning ...
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