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The Courage to Live Life Before We Die.

Posted on January 16, 2012January 22, 2017 by Michael Rose

A friend forwarded me a list from a palliative care nurse. I know it has made its rounds on social media. That being said, I thought it was quite moving. For those who may not know, palliative care is the care given to those who are dying. I found the list interesting from the perspective…

Wholeness: Thoughts and Actions

Posted on September 7, 2011March 13, 2015 by Michael Rose

Have you ever waxed so eloquently on something, and while standing amazed at your passionate overflow, you're arrested by the question “who just said that?” It's a pretty common thing as many of us often speak passionately about a cause, an ideal or injustice only to discover that while we spoke well of it, in our…

Wholeness: Faith in Real Life

Posted on July 7, 2011May 4, 2016 by Michael Rose

I appreciate what Rohr has to say in the quote below. I believe it is important that our spirituality, our faith life, is fully grounded in the here and now, in the concrete of our real life. Healthy Christian spirituality brings wholeness – we are created as physical, concrete beings who are also at the…

Intro to the Love Paradigm

Posted on June 14, 2011September 14, 2015 by Michael Rose

The Love Paradigm is like a new set of eye glasses that alter slightly the way we see things. Worldview can be defined as a collection of intellectual, emotional and / or spiritual paradigms that are based upon beliefs about the world, about reality, about truth. These paradigms are like a skeletal system (gives organization…

Ding, Dong the Witch is Dead?

Posted on May 4, 2011April 20, 2015 by Michael Rose

[This piece is dated for sure but the ideas within it are still valid. As we wrestle with Jesus’ words to love our enemies and His Gospel of non-violence, we need to sit in the midst of seeming caldron of conflicting emotions and twisted ideas of justice and allow Holy Spirit to speak to us.]…

Seeing in new ways! Experiencing God

Posted on April 4, 2011December 29, 2018 by Michael Rose

Many of us long for more of God, and we seem to have that desire deeply embedded in us, and this longing can manifest as a sense of being disconnected or like something is out of alignment. The truth is humanity was designed and created for authentic and healthy relationship with God our creator. We…

I’m a Little Cracked Pot…

Posted on January 12, 2011October 18, 2018 by Michael Rose

Nothing like a little stress to bring things to the surface of my life that I need to deal with. You know… the not so nice things that you would rather not deal with. Take’em to the backyard, dig a deep hole and bury ’em. Out of sight out of mind! Not quite! I really…