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THIS WEEK IN HAITI (OR, DON'T BE A WALNUT)A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesSo, as everyone knows, there was an earthquake in Haiti, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead, thousands and thousands of people buried alive .. |
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It's My Party And I'll Cut Off The Head Of John Th..A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesSermon Preached at Anchorage Presbyterian Church a long, long time ago when I was in Seminary c. 1996ish. |
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The Death, the resurrection, and the lifeA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesPreached at Anchorage Presbyterian Church on March 24, 1996 Scripture: Psalm 130; John 11:1-45 |
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Healing PainA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesPeople talk about God as if no pain is ever associated with God. They talk about, for instance, "God heals," but they talk about healing as if it .. |
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Conflict with GodA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe most common sin I see, and sometimes fall victim to, is the thought that a relationship with God is easier than any other relationship. And .. |
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God Using ProfanityA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe "s" word does appear in this essay/story |
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Saints--What Makes Them HolyA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesSaints refuse to live in the world as it is, but rather, they choose to live in the world as it should be, showing the world what it could be. Most pe.. |
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THE RULE OF THE ORDER OF SAINTS--PreambleA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesIt is neither pride, nor vanity, dear children, that compels any of us to strive for sainthood. Even if the initial desire to reach sainthood was at .. |
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Lent–Day Five:A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesI know that I said yesterday was the fifth day of Lent, but I was suffering from a stupid attack. Sundays don’t count as part of Lent, which is .. |
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Lent: First SundayA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesOne of the most frustrating things I experienced as a child, as a teen, as a young adult, and even in seminary, was that the Church kept telling m.. |
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Lent: Day FourA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesSt. Benedict gives us the allegory of Jacobs Ladder as a model for humility (see Day Three). The first rung of that ladder, or the first step towa.. |
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Lent: Day ThreeA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesYesterday I admitted that I often lack humility, and that I was using Lent as an opportunity to focus on humility and hopefully become more humble.. |
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Lent– Day TwoA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesI can often lack in humility. So I am using Lent this year as an opportunity to grow in humility. But, for all the reasons I explained yesterday, .. |
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Lent: Day OneA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesSo for the next forty days�"and Sundays which don’t count as Lent�"I’ll be posting short posts for Spiritual Dir.. |
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True Prayer Leads to ActionA Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles"Love is found in deeds rather than in words," at least that's what St. Ignatius tells me. St. Gregory the Great seems to agree because he tells m.. |
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Why Does God Give Us Commandments?A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesIf we are God's Children, then we are heirs to God's power and God's Kingdom. We are princes and princesses waiting to rule. Though we are princ.. |
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You've Taught MeA Poem by Chelsea OsbornThis is how I felt, and feel, while learning who I really am, and how I felt towards those who help me figure it all out. |
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Lent: Day SixA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesEvery time I fail, it’s because I sacrificed what I want for what I want in the moment. Which brings me to St. Benedict’s second step towa.. |
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