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The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines.

Richard Rohr

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Richard Rohr
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 20
Catholic Priest
Motivational Speaker
Priest
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Topeka
Kansas
Teacher
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What we know about God is important, but what we do with what we know about God is even more important.
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The most common one-liner in the Bible is, Do not be afraid. Someone counted, and it occurs 365 times.
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Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.
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