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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:14 AM |
Here is a bit of advice I received the other day: hold your tongue.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:27 AM |
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This week, I choose to focus on what I intend to teach my daughter: the value of giving to others.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:24 AM |
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The President’s speech at the University of Cairo highlighted the universal thread of human dignity and peace which the world religions share.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:22 AM |
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The beginning of hurricane season marks a time of preparing, planning, and organizing, but also a time of anxiety and fear.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 03:10 PM |
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“Yes Man” is a comedy with Jim Carey about a man who is so miserable and unhappy in life, in a last ditch effort at sanity, he follows a program where he must say “yes” to every opportunity which comes his way.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:48 AM |
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I once heard it said, churches are places where people go to be married and buried. True - but there’s so much more.
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009 11:47 AM |
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On Easter Sunday after church services and family brunch, my husband and I boarded a train for Washington D.C. We brought with us just the essential road trip gear; travel scrabble and trail mix.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 02:41 PM |
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Last week, side-by-side, were two observances: Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) and Earth Day. Both days invite reflection on the power of humans to destroy creation.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 09:59 AM |
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One of the most profound and difficult religious issues is theodicy, the duality of God and suffering. Theodicy seeks to justify the goodness of God in the face of the presence of evil in the world.
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:18 AM |
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Flipping through a newspaper the other day, I glanced at a headline that announced Palm Sunday as the beginning of the Christian observance of Holy Week. And the thought struck me: this is news?
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 07:29 AM |
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The tree of life is here. The tree of life is everywhere. It lives in the desert and is heavy with olives. It lives in the mountains with wet dripping snow. It lives by the river waving to fishermen. It lives by the children limbs bouncing with play.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 06:59 AM |
Sometimes, life throws a rock in your stain glass window, shattering your hopes and dreams. Chances are that, right now, you or someone you know is cleaning up the mess of shattered glass. And the thing is, when glass shatters, it can break into thousands of tiny pieces and fly all over, landing in...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:40 AM |
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Whether you believe in heaven or not, thinking about it sure doesn’t hurt. One of the gifts of faith is the inherent value placed on both living and dying. Those who are dying have so much to teach us about the grace of letting go, and about accepting what is to come.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 02:01 PM |
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The good life: what is it? We are in a time of redefining what it means to live a good life. Perhaps the question to ask is what is the best way we can live? For so long, the United States has sold the idea that the good life can be bought. ”
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Thursday, February 12, 2009 09:04 AM |
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In the blink of an eye, my life changed forever. How many times have you realized that suddenly your life will never be the same?
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 01:47 PM |
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The belief that God knows each one of us and desires a personal relationship with all of creation is a challenging theological concept, if not entirely humbling. To think that the Ground of All Being, the Maker of Heaven and Earth, the Holy One, cares about me, cares about you?
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