Reflections from Rick Lord on Leadership, Transformation, and Things That Keep Human Life Distinctively Human
From the Executive Summary: Americans change religious affiliation early and often. In total, about half of American adults have changed religious affiliation at least once during their lives. Most people who change their religion leave their childhood faith before age 24, and many of those who change religion do so more than once. These are [...]
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At Holy Comforter’s recent men’s retreat, our guest, Fr. Gideon Pollach, commended to us the value of the “Awareness Examen” out of the Ignatian tradition. The central value of this ancient spiritual practice is that it offers an intentional way of discerning the presence of God in and through our concrete daily life. A simple [...]
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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams gave a series of Holy Week Lectures ‘Growing in Prayer: what the saints tell us about the spiritual journey‘ over 3 consecutive evenings at April 6, 7, & 8. Listen or download the lectures here: http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/2373
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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, reflects on the celebration of Easter: “At Easter we celebrate just not the fact that Jesus rose from the dead, as if that were an interesting fact that happened many centuries ago. We celebrate the fact that in words from the Bible, because he is alive, we are [...]
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Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday, is a strange day. At Holy Comforter, we process through a long Narthex to the symbolic Jerusalem of the Sanctuary as our children wave palms for passing pilgrims hailing Jesus as their true and rightful king. Just as quickly, we are confronted with Mark’s Passion Narrative, a Narrative that Borg and Crossan [...]
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