Tag: Dohle
Perhaps like good sheep
I have two good friends, one a Republican and the other a Democrat. Both are intelligent men, well read and highly educated. One is doctor the other one has some kind of esoteric job that I have never been able to understand, has something to do with cultural trends and advertising. Everything goes well in our conversations when… Read More ›
When we are at our lowest
I believe Christians, which of course I include myself, can into trouble when they fall into the habit of just quoting scriptures without actually learning from the life of Jesus himself. How he treated others, in the way he responded to those who considered themselves his enemies, his relationship with those who were considered outcast… Read More ›
What the soul desires
God is love, so the soul desires a return, seeking the union in ways often self defeating, desiring warmth and escape from loneliness as an end in itself, not understanding that love, true love deepens our sense of otherness, knowing that all that we see around us is limited and cannot filll a heart made… Read More ›
Fatima
When younger I was interested in Fatima, then I ‘outgrew’ it, well a foolish thought I know. Now I am looking at this again. I got this book from our store here titled: “Fatima for Today: The Urgent Marian Message of Hope”. The message is Gospel, and it brings out the importance of how connected with others when… Read More ›
In whose image?
People often make ‘God’ into a very big person living in the sky, apart and scary…. because being a very big person; you can imagine if such a personality ever gets real angry. For some God even seems to be bi-polar and very difficult to placate. I guess all of our ideas about ‘Ultimate Reality’… Read More ›
Relationship
No relationship is possible, if it has any value or depth at all without some degree of trust. It can also be said that all relationships that are meaningful will have times of crisis, in which the relationship can either die, or deepen, after a rift has been made. Those who drop out too quickly, I feel… Read More ›
Gossip
Gossips are in a great deal of pain, perhaps more than they cause…. which is a lot. To be in the ‘gossip-zone’ all the time takes a great deal of self forgetfulness, though it is not based on focusing on others, it is rather a lack of being rooted within oneself and looking outwards so… Read More ›
Who is Worthy?
Seeking to help only those who are ‘worthy’ is a slippery slope to start walking on. For who is to say one person is more worthy than another. That does take a certain type of judgment that I don’t want to take the responsibility in making. Though of course at times I do; I am… Read More ›
Fasting
Fasting is about making room. About letting go of a crutch that allows us to get away from inner discomfort, to a place of temporary release from inner pain or disease…though of course it is short lived. It is about food, or perhaps noise, or TV, or drinking, well just about anything. Letting something go… Read More ›
The difference between hypocrisy and failure
There is a difference between hypocrisy and failure. To say we are sinners can be something positive. For it means we have freedom, we can choose. Responsibility is a given and it gives a doorway out of a destructive situation. It also means that we have a propensity towards behavior that is self centered and… Read More ›