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Category Archives: Imago Dei

Being the Image of God

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Daniel J. Miller

For Rabbi Heschel, to be human means to be made in the image and likeness of God. Being made in God’s image is the sign of both God’s love and our human dignity. What being the imago Dei means to Heschel is a bit different than how people often Read more [...]

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Imaging God

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Lent YEAR B (Mt. 20: 20-28) Whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give Read more [...]

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The Song That Refuses to Sing
A Word to the Wise – Kindness
To Bless and Be Blessed
Listening to the Wind in the Wheat: A Meditation on the Eucharist
Being Human—Being Moved
In Gratitude for the Wild and Precious Life of Mary Oliver
TheGift Who Was Claire Wineland

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Brother Weeps Says Good Night
Brother Weeps and the Secretary of State
Brother Weeps and the Man in the Back
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Brother Weeps, the Hermit and His Dogs
Brother Weeps Speaks on Silence
Brother Weeps Drives Up a Hill
Brother Weeps and the Do-Si-Do

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