A Pilgrimage to the New Self

“Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.” ~Frederick Buechner Dorothy Ranaghan says that Christian spirituality is “a plan, a means, an attempt to find a way of living every day in growing union with God.”  The Christian life is […]

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Questioning the Citizenship of Race

Does race belong here?  Does it belong with me?  How does it claim membership with my body and its purpose?  What makes its status legal?  When did race come to me and should there have been a border there, a no trespassing sign, a watchman on the wall?   What does race have to learn or pledge, how does […]

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We Are Becoming

Meanings are given to us, passed down to us and in some cases, forced upon us. We also add meanings to our lives through experiences and associations. We will spend our lives ridding ourselves of most if not all of them while in search of our true meaning, our true self, which has been buried under the […]

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The Superficiality of Race

“Superficiality is the curse of our age…. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.” ~Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline There is nothing to race.  Its length and breadth in history has been grossly exaggerated.  Its continued impact on human life and the […]

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