Mechthild of Magdeburg: Sex Positive Mystic
I was twenty-five years old before I finally realized my birth in 1964 had been the result of an unplanned pregnancy.
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Margaret of Scotland: A Timeless Example for Children and Adults
Examining the life and leadership of Queen Margaret of Scotland reminds me that people born a thousand years ago are fully capable of offering insight to contemporary Christian living.
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Herman of Alaska: Against Paternalism
During the period of colonialism and when the Church aligned itself with the State, paternalism became the way of ‘ministering’ to indigenous people.
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Ignatius of Antioch and His Individual Call
The saints can give us something that Jesus could not.
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Picking Our Battles as Parents
There are times in each one of our lives when we must choose between holding tightly to our convictions or loosen our grip on them.
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That’s when I Remember Schereschewsky
Back in 2014, I began to have strange symptoms.
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Clare of Assisi and Rules of Life
One book that has survived moves and book purges since I graduated seminary is Francis and Clare: The Complete Works from the Classics of Western Spirituality series.
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Joseph of Arimathea held death in his arms
What is most vivid for me about Joseph is how he is moved by Jesus’ death.
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Love to be Unknown
The person who probably would have been least concerned with how many books he sold was Thomas à Kempis.
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The Powerful and Practical Witness of Evelyn Underhill
Evelyn Underhill lived a sort of double life.
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