“Those who would climb to a lofty height must go by steps, not leaps.”
St. Gregory the Great
from a letter to Augustine of Canterbury
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WORD FOR THE DAY
Monday, Aug. 17
Those Aren’t Fighting Words, Dear
By LAURA A. MUNSON
LET’S say you have what you believe to be a healthy marriage. You’re still friends and lovers after spending more than half of your lives together. The dreams you set out to achieve in your 20s — gazing into each other’s eyes in candlelit city bistros when you were single and skinny — have for the most part come true.
From the APA. I’m curious to know how much this trent still exists within the church (if at all).
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Psychologists repudiate gay-to-straight therapy
By DAVID CRARY (AP) – 22 hours ago
NEW YORK — The American Psychological Association declared Wednesday that mental health professionals should not tell gay clients they can become straight through therapy or other treatments.
In a resolution adopted by the APA’s governing council, and in an accompanying report, the association issued its most comprehensive repudiation of “reparative therapy” — a concept espoused by a small but persistent group of therapists, often allied with religious conservatives, who maintain gays can change.
“Honor the tradition but expand the understanding. That’s what religions must do right now if they hope to be helpful to humans in the years ahead.”
Neale Donald Walsch
Tomorrow’s God
“Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb.”
Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B
A Tree Full of Angels
“Laughter is carbonated holiness.”
Anne Lamott
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WORD FOR THE DAY
Monday, Aug. 3
“Live in the present. Do the things that need to be done. Do all the good you can each day. The future will unfold.”
Peace Pilgrim
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WORD FOR THE DAY
Friday, Jul. 17
“We shall find “yes” to belonging in every form love takes.”
David Steindl-Rast
Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer
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WORD FOR THE DAY
Wednesday, Jul. 15
“My list of virtues contain’d at first but twelve; but a Quaker friend having kindly informed me that I was generally thought proud; that my pride show’d itself frequently in conversation; that I was not content with being in the right when discussing any point, but was overbearing, and rather insolent, of which he convinc’d me by mentioning several instances; I determined endeavouring to cure myself, if I could, of this vice or folly among the rest, and I added Humility to my list, giving an extensive meaning to the word.” read more…
“Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.”
Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi
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WORD FOR THE DAY
Sunday, Jul. 12