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The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.
Richard Rohr
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Richard Rohr
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 20
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The message of falling - failure, death, crucifixion, whatever you want to say - is not really that. Some sort of falling is really found in all the world's religions, just in different languages.
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To keep the middle coming back, you can't say some radically conservative or radically progressive things. That's been the bane of organized religion. It makes me wonder if Jesus' first definition of the church as two or three gathered in my name is not still the best way.
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Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.
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Most Christian 'believers' tend to echo the cultural prejudices and worldviews of the dominant group in their country, with only a minority revealing any real transformation of attitudes or consciousness. It has been true of slavery and racism, classism and consumerism and issues of immigration and health care for the poor.
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I am who I am in the eyes of God- nothing more and nothing less.
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Having a school really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine.
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One wonders how far spiritual and political leaders can genuinely lead us without some degree of mystical seeing and action.
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The greatest enemy of ordinary daily goodness and joy is not imperfection, but the demand for some supposed perfection or order.
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