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What does Love see? An Ode to failure

Posted on August 1, 2018August 1, 2018 by Michael Rose

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single person contemplates it, bearing the image of a cathedral within. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery Ode to failure: a life that hasn’t turned out the way one had hoped. If we genuinely believe that nothing is wasted, that God is the ultimate...

Failure isn’t Fatal

Posted on January 17, 2013August 1, 2018 by Michael Rose

There is a classic line in one of my favorite Batman movies (yes… I like superhero movies). It comes from the Dark Knight, and it is a question that is asked several times throughout the movie and often in the aftermath of failure or in the face of fear of a great challenge. The question...

June 13, 2018
Grief is …

Grief is messy. Grief is ugly. Grief is complex. Grief is painful. Grief is life-altering. Grief is a human experience - we all experience loss in a multiplicity of ways throughout our lives. Some of these losses can be relatively minor, while others can prove to be cataclysmic, disruptive and painful. We are each unique, our...
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July 7, 2011
Wholeness: Faith in Real Life

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...
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June 24, 2015
Dealing with Religious Bullies

If you are like me, you have had way more than your fair share of bullies in your life. As a kid, when being consoled after another bully encounter, I was often told that it wouldn't always be this way. That when I became an adult, the bullying would stop. Well, anyone who has lived life...
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What does Love see? An Ode to failure

Failure isn’t Fatal

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