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This is a a true story taken from my book "The Spiritual Life of Animals and Plants":
The Dog on Staten Island
Several times a year I would stay with friends on Staten Island, sometimes for weeks at a stretch. They lived in St. George, which is near the ferry. And on the way from the ferry to their house I passed a grocery store guarded by a lar... read more
The Dog on Staten Island
Several times a year I would stay with friends on Staten Island, sometimes for weeks at a stretch. They lived in St. George, which is near the ferry. And on the way from the ferry to their house I passed a grocery store guarded by a lar... read more
Tags:
pets, dogs, spiritual story, Jesus, Christ
This is a story from my book Visits With Angels and Other Divine Beings. I hope you enjoy it!
The Creche
One year, I very much wanted to kneel before the creche near the altar after midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. It had been a wonderful Mass - perhaps because it was midnight Mass, perhaps because everyone had braved the s... read more
The Creche
One year, I very much wanted to kneel before the creche near the altar after midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. It had been a wonderful Mass - perhaps because it was midnight Mass, perhaps because everyone had braved the s... read more
"Why did Jesus die?"
most would say,
"He died for our sins
and
He saved us from the consequences of our sins,"
In fact,
there's only one very brief reference in the Gospel accounts
of the death of Jesus
that would indicate that He died for our sins.
Only in Matthew's Gospel,
when He changes the wine into His blood,
does
Tags:
Death, Blame, Guilt, Sin, Jesus, Consequences, Gospel, Jesus' death, Mathew's Gospel, John Chuchman
(inspired by a day with Bishop Spong in Tempe, Arizona)
What does the idea God mean to me?
Is God beyond religion?
Have I created God
in my own image?
A theistic God
is one that answers my prayers,
fills my needs.
It is a god
that athletes use to succeed,
that politicians use to sanction their actions.
How do I escape
the boundaries of reli
Tags:
God, Jesus, Religion, Creation, Cope, Anxiety, Worship, Humanity Sinner, New Testament
is one that
Respects Autonomy by requiring free consent of both parties,
respecting the bodily integrity of each,
being truthful with each other,
and keeping promises made to each other;
Involves Mutual Participation
by calling f
Tags:
Marriage, Love, Sacred Unions, Ethical, Moral, Mutual Participation, Sexuality, Commitment, Christians Same Sex, Jesus, John Chuchman
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