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Heroic Living

Posted on May 26, 2014February 8, 2018 by Michael Rose
 Ever feel like you are overrun by the mundane in your life?   Having dinner with some friends the other night and our conversation quickly turned to life and significance.  We all could agree that significance comes from something bigger than ourselves and for us around the table, we agreed, that something bigger was Jesus....
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Mind the Gap

Posted on November 1, 2013September 2, 2016 by Michael Rose
Have you ever wrestled with the way you wished things were and the way they actually are?  If you are like me, there is a tendency to go one of two ways: get cynical and wash my hands of it all or to the other extreme where I bury my head in the proverbial sand and...
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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.]...
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  • 45 Things to Live Well (6-10)
    June 14, 2012

    45 Things to Live Well (6-10)

    We continue with our 45 simple things to live well.  While not an exhaustive list, these are good ways to remove clutter by letting some things go and diving into others. Let's not lose sight that the goal of this journey is to become more authentic, more whole - more w-holy.   Living well is...
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  • A Bridge or a Treadmill?
    May 10, 2018

    A Bridge or a Treadmill?

    Okay, I admit it!  I like retro cartoons - cartoons from my youth.  I like the characters, the zany plots, the animation and the music.  I guess somewhere deep inside me is a 10-year-old boy whose happiest times were watching the likes of Bugs Bunny, the Flintstones, and Scooby Doo.  The other day I caught a...
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  • Forgiveness – Love in Real Life
    May 4, 2019

    Forgiveness – Love in Real Life

    Through heaves of sorrow from a broken heart, he asked “Does repentance have to come before forgiveness? They have no idea how they have destroyed me.  How do I forgive?” They are unaware. Oblivious to how much they have hurt my friend. So is there any theological (or otherwise) position to forgiving those who hurt...
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