Tag Archives: Mercy

Compassion — The Index of Our Humanity

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To be a man or woman of compassion is to be present to those in pain in such a way that they feel safe enough, if they choose, to reveal their wound to us. Then after reverently receiving their storied-pain, we reverently reach out to touch them, at times Read more [...]

Musica Memento 3

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And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love kindly, and to walk humbly with your God.  ~ Micah 6:8 The vision, essence, and life pattern that characterize what it means to be a Christian are perhaps most succinctly and clearly Read more [...]

What You Are in Love with Affects Everything ~ A Life-Line

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Today's Life-Line is: Let me be clear about this final point, which hinges on faith’s grasp of a gratuitous, merciful, healing presence even amid the storms of life. For Christians of every color, solidarity with the stranger and the option of the Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 5/1/18

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The Power of the Powerless For about 35 years I have had the pleasure of going on retreat at Weston Priory. Tucked into the Green Mountains of Vermont, it is the home of a small community of Benedictine monks. I have gone with family, friends, and Read more [...]