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Occupy This Heart

By | October 9, 2012

I have a huge heart.  Ninety percent of the time, this is hugely inconvenient. It’s inconvenient to cry in a movie that no one else seems to find quite as tear-worthy.  It’s inconvenient to cry when you imagine the gruesome death of the mouse that’s been living in your home when your housemates think you’re crazy for caring so much about the sufferings of a rodent.  It’s inconvenient to feel so much for people you hardly know—to hurt with them and for them, and to embrace their

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Walk in his shoes

By | January 28, 2011

I’m judgmental.  After years of confession, penance and prayer, I have come to realize that I judge others when my focus is too much on me and not enough on God.  Tearing others down gives me the false impression that I am built up.  I know this is not truth and yet I fall into it way too often. Recently, Michelle and I went on a retreat in Florida.  We participated in an activity called sculpting.  In this activity, a couple who I know personally but to protect them I will call Greg and Julie,

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