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Lawrence Taylor
Dec 5, 20212 min read
The Gift
Everywhere the rabbi went, crowds of people flocked. Some were curious; some actively seeking truth; many dissatisfied with their lives...
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Lawrence Taylor
Nov 3, 20211 min read
Finding Meaning in Life
We find meaning only when we are willing to commit ourselves to something greater than ourselves. People find meaning in military service...
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Lawrence Taylor
Oct 5, 20212 min read
A Thistle in the Garden of God
For us, one of life’s blessings is volunteering at a nature center dedicated to education. An expert in native and edible plants led a...
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Lawrence Taylor
Sep 30, 20211 min read
Spiritual deconstruction is healthy
. Many of us are talking about deconstructing our faith. · Some of us have been hurt by churches. · Some have been abused by...
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Lawrence Taylor
Sep 24, 20212 min read
Loving Communication
Although his perspective may perhaps be slightly more Buddhist than some Christians are comfortable with, David Richo[1] has some sage...
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Lawrence Taylor
Sep 23, 20212 min read
True Friendship
A friend loves at all times. – Proverbs 17:17a Regardless of gender, ethnicity, or marital status, everyone needs a true friend....
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Lawrence Taylor
Sep 3, 20214 min read
God, Where Are You?
Those Long Seasons of Divine Absence Long ago, a psalmist wrote that weeping or mourning may linger for a night, “but joy comes with the...
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Lawrence Taylor
Sep 2, 20212 min read
The "Cure" for Fears
I saw a sign: “Faith, not Fear” with a picture of a surgical mask in a circle with line through it. The opposite of fear isn’t faith....
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Lawrence Taylor
Sep 1, 20211 min read
The Art of Doing Nothing
I went to public schools K-12. In my day, pre-K was spelled “grandmother.” I had a very wise teacher in high school who advised us to sit...
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Lawrence Taylor
Aug 19, 20211 min read
Under you are the Everlasting Arms of Love
So much uncertainty. Global pandemics. Earthquakes. Wildfires. Floods. Wars. Refugees. Nations of people no longer willing to listen to...
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Lawrence Taylor
Aug 17, 20212 min read
Deconstruction
When I came to faith during the Jesus Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, I gobbled up information from Bible studies, books, tapes,...
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Lawrence Taylor
Aug 4, 20213 min read
Getting Unstuck from Anxiety & Regret
We regret the past. We fear the future. In so doing, we neglect to live in the present. It’s time to let go of regret. Once I have...
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Lawrence Taylor
Aug 2, 20212 min read
Freedom and Unfreedom
One key to spiritual transformation is to learn on a day to day, minute by minute basis, to be aware of what St. Ignatius called...
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Lawrence Taylor
Jul 9, 202114 min read
The Hardest Thing God Makes us Do
Forgiveness My son Elliott committed suicide when he was in high school. After his death, church people told me he was in hell because of...
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Lawrence Taylor
Jun 16, 20212 min read
Good Sin?
The God whose very essence is love did not hardwire humans to fail. Holiness, connectedness with God, being conformed to the image of...
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Lawrence Taylor
Apr 23, 20211 min read
The Divine Dance
God is a God of relationship, creativity, movement and love – Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer dancing – from the heart of God flows the...
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Lawrence Taylor
Apr 13, 20212 min read
A CHILDHOOD DO-OVER
If you grew up in a loving supportive home connected to a healthy faith community that was a part of a strong spiritual tradition, I’m...
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Lawrence Taylor
Mar 31, 20211 min read
A Third Way That’s Neither Liberal nor Fundamentalist
A Third Way That’s Neither Liberal nor Fundamentalist Whether Buddhist, Islamic, Jewish, Hindu, or Christian, adherents to religions tend...
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Lawrence Taylor
Mar 19, 20212 min read
Your New House
Imagine two houses for you to live in. They are both very adequate houses. If you’re a middle class American, the first house was built...
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Lawrence Taylor
Mar 10, 20212 min read
You Can Run, But You Can't Hide
He was only 25-years-old when, in 1927 Charles Lindbergh went from an obscure Minnesota farm boy turned mail pilot to the most famous...
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