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Tag Archives: dialogue

Holy Listening: Weekly Summary

Jesus says people who live the vulnerable life of connection and relationship will bear much fruit. Continue Reading Holy Listening: Weekly Summary

Compassionate Listening

If we are incapable of hearing others, we will also be incapable of hearing God. Continue Reading Compassionate Listening

God Is the Beloved

When we go into the Presence, we find someone not against us, but someone who is definitely for us! Continue Reading God Is the Beloved

Practice of the Better: Weekly Summary

There is nothing to be against. Just keep concentrating on the Big Thing you are for! Continue Reading Practice of the Better: Weekly Summary

Revelation through Relationship

God’s self-revealing happens to us, sneaks up, surprises and ambushes us, transforms us, and disarms us. Continue Reading Revelation through Relationship

True Liberation in God

Liberation True Liberation in God Monday, January 18, 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Day There can be no outer freedom without some level of inner liberation. This is a universal truth, but a lesson that each of us must learn for ourselves. If we pursue freedom from a reactionary position, out of our own fear… Continue Reading True Liberation in God

What the Mystics Know

Thomas Keating: The Secret Embrace, Part One What the Mystics Know Friday, October 23, 2020 Today I pause Cynthia Bourgeault’s reflections and offer a few words about the essential role of contemplation in the lives of honest spiritual seekers like Thomas Keating and Cynthia herself. To many people, contemplation is an old-fashioned word, but it… Continue Reading What the Mystics Know

The Fifth Conversion

Solidarity The Fifth Conversion Thursday, May 28, 2020 The Fifth Conversion to solidarity is a choice to walk with the poor and oppressed, to be taught by them, and to love them as equals, each of us bearing the Divine Indwelling Spirit within. Although he was raised Roman Catholic and worked with many religious organizations, Paulo Freire rarely used religious language or metaphors to make his… Continue Reading The Fifth Conversion

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