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I need an inspiration that is grounded in reality while thoroughly transcendent.

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A simple way to address hidden curriculum issues is to spend time talking with staff and key leaders about their spiritual lives.

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Being deeply contented with God in my everyday life is a focused attitude. It is always available. It means practicing letting go of my obsession with how I'm doing. It means training myself to learn to actually be present with people, and seeking to love them.

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The soul is both the most fragile and most resilient thing about you; a healthy soul is what holds you together when your world falls apart. Since you will carry your soul into eternity, it's worth checking up on it at least as often as your teeth.

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Politics, after all, is largely about power. And power goes to the core of our issues of control and narcissism and need to be right and tendency to divide the human race into 'us' vs. 'them.'

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My main job is to live with deep contentment, joy, and confidence in my everyday experience of life with God. Everything else is job number two.

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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus' death and resurrection.

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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it's done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.

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People with the strongest and healthiest sense of calling are not obsessed with their calling. They are preoccupied with the Caller.

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Spiritual formation is for everyone. Just as there is an 'outer you' that is being formed and shaped all the time, like it or not, by accident or on purpose, so there is an 'inner you.' You have a spirit. And it's constantly being shaped and tugged at: by what you hear and watch and say and read and think and experience.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Clergyman

Born: May 5th, 1957

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