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Earlier this week I wrote about the desire that we all want to be fully known and understood. It was prompted by Jodie Foster’s comment at the Golden Globes. Many of us live in fear that if we are known people will not love us. We protect our innermost selves at all costs. Lance Armstrong is…

Jodie Foster made this  statement last night at the Golden Globes, “I want to be seen, to be understood deeply and to be not so very lonely.” Deep down we all long to be authentic and have authentic relationships. Yet so many of us are living a life behind masks because we are not the same…

BeliefNet has posted a discussion about gun control on their homepage. They asked me to contribute a statement which I did. But I’d like to develop my thoughts here… Let me make this disclaimer: I do not own a gun. I do not know how to hold one much less shoot one. I have family…

Another year. But what did I do with the last one? Will this one be as difficult? Am I destined to be on this treadmill forever? Everyone is in a festive mood. But me. They are excited about a new year…I am depressed. Am I to repeat the past? How do I truly begin again?…

Christmas is here! We have shopped, bought, wrapped… the “perfect” present for each one on our list. Did I over spend? Did I forget someone? What have I overlooked? What about the birthday Boy? Have I overlooked Him? Each year I ask what He would like me to give Him.  This year, I am going…

It had been a long 400 years of silence. Malachi had been the last “official” word from God. Now the silence was deafening. Life went on but where was God? Did He care? Did He leave them? Did He forget them? Had He washed His hands of them? Did they misinterpret what He said to them? God…

I don’t think any of us can get the school shootings out of our minds. The images haunt us. The news bombards us with speculation then finally facts make their way into the news. The analysts try to come up with answers and blame. It’s stunning. It is beyond comprehension. I try to put myself…

Christmas seems to have rolled around faster this year. Perhaps because I am older…Yikes! Perhaps it is because the stores begin to put out Christmas items in July and August.  And how many times can you hear “O Holy Night” on the grocery     store Musak (Do they even use that anymore? – showing my…

I have watched the news with profound sadness and real questions. Questions are good and natural at such a time. Anger too. Wow. There is just not much to say at such a time. But I think of the message of “Emmanuel”. God with us…in the loss, tragedy, heartache, questions… God is still almighty, wise,…

Found this on a website and it gives one pause: As of November 2012, Jose Mujica, the president of Uruguay, held a unique position—the BBC called him “the world’s poorest president.” It’s a common complaint that many politicians around the globe live in luxury while the masses they lead live in poverty. Instead, Mujico has…
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