A Whole Committee of Selves

Thomas R. Kelly writes in A Testament of Devotion, “We are trying to be several selves at once, without all of our selves being organized by a single, mastering Life within us.  Each of us tends to be, not a single self, but a whole committee of selves. There is a civic self, the parental self, […]

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Death by Silence

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Saturday, October 16, 2011, thousands gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.  for the dedication ceremony of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial.   Like many children, one of the first persons that I learned […]

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In the Flesh

“But someone will say, ‘How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come?  Foolish one! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.  And as for what you sow– you are not sowing the future body, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain.  […]

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The Social Coloring of Christ

“Make your attitude that of Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be used for His own advantage.  Instead, He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave, taking on the likeness of men.  And when He had come as a man in […]

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Don’t Occupy Me

Occupy Wall Street  has now entered its twenty- seventh day and I must confess that except for an article that discussed the spiritual nature of the movement, I have not been following the demonstration that began on September 17, 2011 in New York City’s financial district.  Said to have been inspired by the Egyptian Tahrir […]

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