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While the sense of monasticism as the center of the church may be lost on many people today, I think it still holds true, and hospitality is at the center of it all. In a world in which we are so easily labeled and polarized by our differences: man/woman, Protestant/Catholic, gay/straight, feminist/chauvinist, monastic hospitality is a model of the
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Human and Divine Being: A Study on the Theological Anthropology of Edith Stein (Veritas Book 23)
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Think of your work life, therefore, not as separate from your spiritual life but as central to your spiritual life. Whatever your business, it is your ministry.
Marianne Williamson • The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles
Honouring difference will also show itself in ministry. The danger here is that we will only honour women for how much they do ministry like men
Jane Tooher • Embracing Complementarianism: Turning Biblical Convictions into Positive Church Culture
to reclaiming the prophetic tradition and working with multi-faith partners to build a society of equity and equality, compassion and justice.
Sharon Brous • The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
Each person must take responsibility for his or her complete being and not for only a part of it.
Ceanne DeRohan • Right Use of Will: Healing and Evolving the Emotional Body
that it is in our difference that we are most Divine, and by respecting our differences we do most to bring God into the world.
Jonathan Sacks • A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
Even the spiritual life can become an arrogant trap if we do not realize that the spiritual life is not a game that is won by the development of spiritual skills. The spiritual life is simply the God-life already at work in us.
Joan Chittister • The Rule of Benedict: A Spirituality for the 21st Century (Spiritual Legacy Series)
