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Dear God: Saint Peter, Humility, and the Loved Sinner
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Dear God, In the Gospel of Matthew (16:13-20), we read: Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But…
Fr. Jim on Peter, the Jesuits, and What It Means to Be a Loved Sinner
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My friend Jim Martin took the name of Peter as his vow name. Here’s why, as he explains in his bestseller “My Life with the Saints”: Understanding Peter’s humanity was a liberating insight for me. For if God calls each of us individually, he calls us with both our gifts and our failings. And it…
Losing Yourself the Right Way
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Because I’m on vacation this week, I’ve decided to publish posts from the two-week test pilot of Beyond Blue back in October of 2006, two months before its initial launch in December 2006. We’ve come a long way! Ghandi once wrote that “the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service…
Who’s to Blame?
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Because I’m on vacation this week, I’ve decided to publish posts from the two-week test pilot of Beyond Blue back in October of 2006, two months before its initial launch in December 2006. We’ve come a long way! Just before her 60th birthday my mom was diagnosed with Blepharospasm, a form of focal dystonia, or…
A Simple But Powerful Prayer
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Because I’m on vacation this week, I’ve decided to publish posts from the two-week test pilot of Beyond Blue back in October of 2006, two months before its initial launch in December 2006. We’ve come a long way! I found a great quote from Mother Teresa that consoles me about not being able to pray…
If You Compare, You’ll Despair
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Because I’m on vacation this week, I’ve decided to publish posts from the two-week test pilot of Beyond Blue back in October of 2006, two months before its initial launch in December 2006. We’ve come a long way! I know better than to compare my insides with someone else’s outsides. But Susan, a woman who…
Learning from the Saints
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Because I’m on vacation this week, I’ve decided to publish posts from the two-week test pilot of Beyond Blue back in October of 2006, two months before its initial launch in December 2006. We’ve come a long way! Throughout my struggle with depression, I’ve looked to the saints many times for wisdom and guidance since…
My Little Monkey
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Because I’m on vacation this week, I’ve decided to publish posts from the two-week test pilot of Beyond Blue back in October of 2006, two months before its initial launch in December 2006. We’ve come a long way! I’m curious to know how God determines who gets the good brains, which contain a surplus of…
Bedtime Therapy, I Mean Stories
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Because I’m on vacation this week, I’ve decided to publish posts from the two-week test pilot of Beyond Blue back in October of 2006, two months before its initial launch in December 2006. We’ve come a long way! My daughter’s bedtime stories, like everything else in my life, have become part of my own therapy.…
A Blast from the Past
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Guess what? I’m not around this week. Soooooo I’ve decided to republish the posts from the trial version of Beyond Blue that started in October of 2006. This will be kind of cool because most of you will not have read these before (Beyond Blue was launched late December of 2006), and you will be…
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