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Too often we see the Bible through whatever lens we get from our culture.
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Since I was introduced to the practice of God's presence, which in turn led me into the contemplative way, I have nearly…
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Baptism is rich in meaning. It suggests cleansing. When you are a disciple, you understand that you are cleansed by Christ. You…
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To be a Christian in a generously orthodox way is not to claim to have the truth captured, stuffed, and mounted on…
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It used to be that Christian institutions and systems of dogma sustained the spiritual life of Christians. Increasingly, spirituality itself is what…
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The church has been preoccupied with the question, 'What happens to your soul after you die?' AS IF THE REASON FOR JESUS…
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Tony [Campolo] and I might disagree on the details, but I think we are both trying to find an alternative to both…
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What if Jesus' secret message reveals a secret plan?”. What if he didn't come to start a new religion-but rather came to…
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The church latched on to that old doctrine of original sin like a dog to a stick, and before you knew it,…
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Jesus doesn’t dominate the other, avoid the other, colonize the other, intimidate the other, demonize the other, or marginalize the other. He…
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Sometimes I have experienced God in extraordinary ways - in dramatic surprises or soul-expanding insights or unexplainable mystical encounters. More often, I…
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One of the things that's happening to a lot of us is that there's this vision of the beauty of God that…
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Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its…
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I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends: for I have taken all knowledge to…
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Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation.
— Henry David Thoreau
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The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep…
— Thomas Merton
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Meditative state is the highest state of existence. So long as there is desire, no real happiness can come. It is only…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative
— Aristotle
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On the Left, on the Right, in the Middle; Authors, statesmen, thieves; so-called humanists and self-declared fascists; the adventurous and the contemplative,…
— Andrea Dworkin
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One of the first things to learn if you want to be a contemplative is to mind your own business. Nothing is…
— Thomas Merton
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Since I was introduced to the practice of God's presence, which in turn led me into the contemplative way, I have nearly…
— Brian D. McLaren
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Contemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can…
— John Donne
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I guess when we're happy, it's easier to go with the flow, and when that happiness or joy is interrupted, that's when…
— Unknown Author
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