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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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No Names
… I wonder what it would be like to go into a forest where nothing has a name… if we started all over, giving names, would any fact about the forest compel us to name the same units? Kathleen Dean Moore
What Do We Need?
The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more… Continue Reading “What Do We Need?”
Deepening Understanding
When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives. Yo Yo Ma
To Be Alive
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable…but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. Agatha Christi
The Proper Place of Peace
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. St. Francis of Assisi
Seekers
Seekers are people of faith even if they do not belong to a particular religion. Faith in this sense is deeper than one’s belief system. Belief systems belong to the level of pluralism; faith to the level of unity. Faith is constitutive of human… Continue Reading “Seekers”
Planetary Peace
“If planetary peace seems beyond our reach, recall: Miracles are natural when we rely on the Source of All to carry our burdens with us. Then, even peace is possible.” Nan Merrill with Barbara Taylor, Peace Planet: Light for Our World
You Are a Child of the Universe
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Frederick Buechner
