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The most common one-liner in the Bible is, "Do not be afraid." Someone counted, and it occurs 365 times. (Richard Rohr)
Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future. View quote
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Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it. View quote
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There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough. View quote
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Faith is not for overcoming obstacles; it is for experiencing them-all the way through! View quote
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Until we learn to love others as ourselves, it's difficult to blame broken people who desperately try to affirm themselves when no one else will. View quote
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The ego hates losing – even to God. View quote
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Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing. View quote
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Much of the work of midlife is to tell the difference between those who are dealing with their issues through you and those who are really dealing with you. View quote
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People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place. View quote
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Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing. (Richard Rohr)
The theological virtue of hope is the patient and trustful willingness to live without closure, without resolution, and still be content and even happy because our Satisfaction is now at another level, and our Source is beyond ourselves. View quote
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Your heart has to be prepared ahead of time through faith and prayer and grace and mercy and love and forgiveness so you can keep your heart open in hell, when hell happens. View quote
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When 'happiness' eludes us - as, eventually, it always will - we have the invitation to examine our programmed responses and to exercise our power to choose again. View quote
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God created us for love, for union, for forgiveness and compassion and, yet, that has not been our storyline. That has not been our history. View quote
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Most women prefer circles of sharing to pyramids and hierarchies. They prefer conversation to construction. They will usually choose nurturance and empathy over competition and climbing. They will normally choose connection over simple performance games. View quote
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The true mystic is always both humble and compassionate, for she knows that she does not know. View quote
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Contemplation is an alternative consciousness that refuses to identify with or feed what are only passing shows. It is the absolute opposite of addiction, consumerism or any egoic consciousness. View quote
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In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well. View quote
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You have to find some way to not become a cynical or negative person, a person who keeps walking around and opening your eyes in the outside world but inside you close down, a person who stops expecting tomorrow to be better than today. View quote
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Having a school really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine. (Richard Rohr)
If you depend on being emotionally inspired or newly motivated, you will need a new fix almost every day. View quote
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I believe in mystery and multiplicity. To religious believers this may sound almost pagan. But I don't think so. View quote
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If God continues to give me health and a sane mind and verbal ability, I want to teach. View quote
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One wonders how far spiritual and political leaders can genuinely lead us without some degree of mystical seeing and action. View quote
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