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Breath of the Spirit: The Dangerous Question
April 4, 2024
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DignityUSA
It is easy almost a given to see doubt and faith as opposites But as the story of doubting Thomas and todays reflection upon it make clear doubt is not faiths opposite but the condition which makes faith possible And as such doubt even

Breath of the Spirit: Listening to Love
March 20, 2024
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DignityUSA
It is easy to get lost in the details (and the length) of the Passion stories! Our minds can wander as we wonder what really happened Todays reflection reminds us to focus on the meaning of the Passion stories not only as what Jesus d

Breath of the Spirit: Lenten Encouragement to Let Go
March 13, 2024
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DignityUSA
In todays fastpaced world we find ourselves delaying checkins for noncrucial issues This weeks readings invite us to revisit the parts of us that we can let go of during the Lent if we seek to move toward our more authentic selves

Breath of the Spirit: Love in Light and Darkness
March 7, 2024
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DignityUSA
If one is not careful they can read Jesus words to Nicodemus as if light and darkness were enemies Todays reflection reminds us however that those two realities are interdependent We cot fully experience one without the other And Love

Book Review: My Life as a Boy Priest Gay Man and Artist by Jan Haen
March 1, 2024
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DignityUSA
Father Jan Haen has come full circle After two previous rewarding and interesting books Heavenly Homos Etc and Heavenly LGBTQ+ on LQBTQIA themes Father Haen has now written a visual autobiography that truly portrays him as a Man for all

Breath of the Spirit: Helping Each Other Drink From Our Own Wells
February 28, 2024
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DignityUSA
Jesus offers the woman at the well living water but that Jesus offer wells up from within her Jesus opens us to receive what we already have! Is there a better model for how we as disciples are to live in the world? Through our inter

Breath of the Spirit: Finding Hope in Order to Cope
February 26, 2024
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DignityUSA
Jesus transfiguration can seem like a mysterious miracle that defies explanation or relevance to our own lives But todays reflection reminds us that Jesus change is grounded in the same belovedness which is the Divines gift to all creat
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Breath of the Spirit: Of Rainbows Moonbows and Flood Myths: And the Reign of God Visible Even in Darkness
February 26, 2024
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DignityUSA
Too often Christians approach Lent as just another in a long list of things we are supposed to do Todays reflection however encourages us to see Lent as an invitation to deeper participation in the Reign of God a reality not defined by long lists of