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Posted on August 19, 2019

Biblical advertisting: Proverbs 11:1 in Bunbeg

In Bunbeg, Co. Donegal (officially the smallest fishing harbour in Ireland), one sees the following written in old Gaelic script (note the “overdot” or ponc séimhithe used to indicate a…

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Posted on November 3, 2018November 27, 2018

“In any family, taking the suffering for others, or being willing to suffer because of the suffering of others, is absolutely irresponsible if it enables others to avoid facing their own suffering!” – Edwin Friedman

I keep coming back to this post by DeForest London – “A Way Out of Burnout: Cultivating Differentiated Leadership Through Lament”. I originally reposted it on my other blog, A…

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Posted on June 9, 2018June 9, 2018

“I Heard My Father Call My Name”

Originally posted on Creo en Dios!:
Today’s Gospel is the familiar passage in Luke that we often refer to as Finding Jesus in the Temple.  Twelve-year old Jesus and his…

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Posted on February 10, 2018

Rene Girard – “Envy in our world is the real unconscious, the real taboo”

From “Reading the Bible with Rene Girard: Conversations with Steven E. Berry” by Michael Hardin, Scott Cowdell As for mediated desire, the more democratic the world becomes, the less concrete…

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