wonderful thoughts from the Pope, intellectually coherent and practically relevant and doable IMO
Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
Tag: Spirituality
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Lesson 1: What Does It Mean to Be Spiritual?
Read MORE: Lesson 1: What Does It Mean to Be Spiritual?I want to lay a foundation for examining spirituality. Mental activity has broken down to support the competing ideologies in our present social conflict. Although “spirit” has always had a multi-dimensional meaning, I felt it still had the potential to…
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Lesson 4: Self-Denial
Read MORE: Lesson 4: Self-DenialRemember when I announced I was going to do something on church and society, Lupe and Myron offered some examples that have to be addressed. Lupe pointed to the death of hundreds of people in Pakistan who died of thirst…
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Lesson 12: A Healthy Life Style
Read MORE: Lesson 12: A Healthy Life StyleA third practical reason some people go to church in our day is to find a healthy life style. This is new. In the past, spirituality prepared for life after death and often even meant a self-denial that included self…
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Lesson 11: The Battle for God
Read MORE: Lesson 11: The Battle for GodI immediately found myself in the middle of conflict as I began writing about the third practical reason people go to Church, the search for a healthy lifestyle. Traditionalists hammer this new spirituality with its wellness theme as promoting “what…
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I absolutely love these ideas, especially paying attention to beauty and reducing your needs.
Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…