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12 February, 2024
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Original Beauty

“Jesus is the divine touch of God embracing all humanity. This touch heals us of self-hatred and its counterpart, self-absorption.”

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11 February, 2024
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Desolate Beauty: The Book of Light and Shadow is available on Amazon Kindle. Click this link to check it out: Desolate Beauty on Amazon 

9 February, 2024
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5 February, 2024
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Being Witnessed

“When we are able to risk being vulnerable to someone who is holding a nonjudgmental presence, they can “witness” us with the eye of compassion, and real healing is possible.”

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3 February, 2024
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2 February, 2024
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29 January, 2024
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The Integrated Life

“The Gospel invites us to ask a daring question of ourselves in the presence of prayer: ‘Am I willing to take on a new disruption in my life in order for a new creative way of living to emerge?'”

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28 January, 2024
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24 January, 2024
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Paul West: A Friend Gone Too Soon

22 January, 2024
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-The Ruined?

-The Ruined?
"The Ruined" are those countless ones throughout the ages who have encountered the presence of the living God to such an extent that they are "ruined" for the things of this world. They can never return for any extended time to what was formerly known as "normal life." They are burned with a vision of the beauty of God in the face of Christ-- and they seek this in everyone and everything they meet.

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