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Category: Control

Free me from care for myself ...

A few days ago I wrote about a deeper kind of silence described by Robert Mulholland. Have you ever asked yourself, "What am I supposed to do during times of silence? 🙂 Today, I want to share one of the most profoundly helpful tips ever offered to me as I think about what I might […]

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Silence as a deep inner reversal ...

I've been thinking lately about the power of the spiritual practice of intentional silence in a very noisy world. As I was reading through one of the best books ever on spiritual formation, Invitation to a Journey by Robert Mullholland, I came across his section on silence. Mulholland has a profound ability to describe something […]

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Shame on those Baptists ...

The Southern Baptist Convention has just tightened their reins, circled their proverbial wagons, created rules about who can and who cannot be a pastor or preacher or leader in their churches. Who can? A man. Who cannot? A woman. No statements about who is most gifted, most educated, most experienced, most called to the task, […]

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The dualistic mind ...

One of my deepest struggles with evangelical Christianity is the dualism through which this version of faith views people. In or Out. Good or Bad. Saint or Sinner. Christian or non-Christian. Believer or non-believer. Heaven or Hell. These distinctions just don't hold water for me, especially because they are often used to label and to […]

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Deconstruction ...

Faith deconstruction seems like a natural by-product of life. The faith of our childhood, our young adulthood, should morph, change, and become more mature. If I still have the faith of an 18-year old at age 58, something went seriously wrong. Six months ago I left a church I attended and was a part of […]

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Swimsuit BS ...

For all my female friends facing the trauma of buying a swimsuit. A repost ... ********************* Spring may finally be spring-ing. You know what that means? Swim suit season is just around the corner. The catalogs arrive and women shudder.  Men, I have to believe, don't give it a second thought. Have you ever heard […]

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