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January 31st, 2011
A Muslim reflects on the old laws
Growing up as the token Muslim in my small Florida town, I was often the go-to person for all things related to Islam. Talk about ...
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January 27th, 2011
Facing questions of direction and purpose
The other day, I was reading a biography of Fr. Isaac Hecker, founder of the Paulists, and it was describing the American challenge into which ...
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January 10th, 2011
Walter Parker (1939 - 2010)
When my neighbor Walter Parker passed away in October, I knew the following: he was one of the sweetest people I'd ever met; he spent ...
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December 26th, 2010
They block us from our full potential -- are you willing to let go of yours?
In my recent interview about the spirituality of being on time, I talked about the fact that the spiritual answer is not just to ...
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December 26th, 2010
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Father Dave highlights the fact that not just the Family of Jesus is a holy one, but indeed all families are holy. (Preached ...
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December 22nd, 2010
Convert, mystic, evangelist, American
Isaac Thomas Hecker died on December 22, 1888, at the Paulist House on 59th Street in Manhattan.
As the following biography of Hecker illustrates, being a ...
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December 14th, 2010
Coming home to Christian faith through Buddhist meditation
I don't think it was my parents' goal to raise a family of passionless, non-churchgoing Protestants of an indeterminate denomination, but my religious education was ...
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December 12th, 2010
The only gift we can all afford this holiday season
We look to the holiday season to lift our spirits and yet come January we are sometimes utterly depressed because our expectations were not met. ...
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December 9th, 2010
The author of Full of Grace reflects on the many ways Mary is relevant in our lives today
A while ago, just as summer was ending, I went to an art opening at Yale University. I met a student, a young girl about 18 years old, who possessed the kind of guileless beauty ...
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November 29th, 2010
A daily review can help you stay on the path
It's remarkable (though not really) how easily we can forget the emotionally charged things that happen in a day. The problem is that if we ...
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November 27th, 2010
Advent is a precious time in the Christian calendar. The four weeks leading up to December 25 are meant to be a period of expectant waiting, as we prepare ourselves for the miraculous arrival ...
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November 24th, 2010
The Saint John's Bible — sacred art and contemplative tool
As I sit before the illustration accompanying the story of creation in The Saint John's Bible, I see representations that are obvious -- the seven days; Adam, Eve and the serpent; land and sea. And ...
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October 17th, 2010
Letting go of the desire to be God's enforcer
Recently, I sat next to a woman on the long bus rise to the country who spent an hour on the phone tracking down the ...
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October 14th, 2010
The final part in a series of conversations with influential author Brian McLaren
In more than a dozen highly influential books, evangelical pastor Brian McLaren has championed a progressive approach to evangelical Christianity, stressing issues of social justice ...
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October 7th, 2010
Third in a series of conversations with influential author Brian McLaren
In more than a dozen highly influential books, evangelical pastor Brian McLaren has championed a progressive approach to evangelical Christianity, stressing issues of social justice ...
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September 29th, 2010
Second in a series of conversations with influential author Brian McLaren
Novelist Clyde Edgerton and Rev. Eric Porterfield, pastor of Winter Park Baptist Church in Wilmington, North Carolina, went to speak with McLaren at his home in Maryland. In this, the second in a series of ...
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September 26th, 2010
A simple prayer with a powerful message
"God, grant me the serenity..." You've probably heard the Serenity Prayer, whether while attending a 12-Step meeting as a member or guest, or from watching ...
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September 23rd, 2010
First in a series of conversations with influential author Brian McLaren
Brian McLaren, Protestant pastor, author and theological gadfly is one of the most influential figures associated with the Emerging Church movement, a loosely defined network made up in ...
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September 7th, 2010
Get to know the Word of God
The other day I was reading in Acts 8 about Philip the Evangelist, my namesake, along with some study bible commentary on his history. Even ...
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August 22nd, 2010
Phil Fox Rose responds to readers’ questions and comments sparked by his column about gossip
My last column, about gossip, seems to have struck a nerve and inspired a lot of discussion. Since I assume that for every reader ...
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