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Who Is God To Me?A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesFrom My JournalNovember 30, 2011But now, thus says the LORD,who created you, Jacob, and formed you, Israel:Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;I have.. |
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Who Is God To Me A Year Later?A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesFrom My JournalJanuary 1, 2013Who is God to me? God is lover. God is divine and perfect love"a love that is active. Part of me is uncomfortable expres.. |
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Sheep Among WolvesA Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles“Check it out! I’m sending all of you out like sheep in the middle of a pack of wolves! So have some street sense, but make sure that your.. |
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Declaring Friendship With Jesus -- And Vice VersaA Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles“A student doesn’t know more than his teacher. A slave isn’t of higher social rank than his owner. If the student is lucky, he&rsquo.. |
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What Prayer IsA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesIn November of 2011, when I decided that I was going to become a saint, and started doing the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, I realized th.. |
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There Are Two Kinds of People in the World: Those ..A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesWhat if every human action is either an act of love, or a cry for love?What if the worst human actions are nothing more than a defiant act of crying o.. |
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Winning the GoldA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThere is no Gold Medal Olympic Runner who sprang out of the womb knowing how to run, or how to win races. Every Gold Medal Olympic Runner who ever ran.. |
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Putting out the FireA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesPeople who are hateful, bigoted, nasty and mean will never be stopped by being calling hateful, bigoted, nasty or mean. It is impossible to stop them .. |
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A Letter To JesusA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesFrom My JournalJanuary 18, 2012Working The Spiritual Exercises of St. IgnatiusI am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Fa.. |
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Experiencing GodA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesWhen I was in seminary, we often fell into the trap of confusing talking about God with believing in God. Yet, talking about is not believing in, and .. |
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The MirrorA Poem by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesYou are a mirror --In you I see my own reflection;In you I see what I have let myself become.I fear youBecause I know you will reveal the truth to me... |
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The Politics of the Church -- Where Church and Sta..A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe biggest threat to the Church is politics -- and not the fact, as many claim, that the Church is interfering with politics, but the fact that polit.. |
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What Is The Purpose Of LifeA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesI have often spent a lot of time trying to figure out what my purpose is in life. I have spent hours in prayer begging God to show me why I am here, a.. |
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Sharing ChristA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesWhile they were eating, Jesus took bread and said grace. He broke it and gave it to the students, saying, “Take! Eat! This is my body.” Th.. |
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If It Is Not Done With Love, It Is Not Done For Go..A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesGod is love, so love must be God. To say that God is love, but that love is not necessarily God, would make God smaller than love -- there would be a .. |
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A Non-Systematic TheologyA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesIn the spring of 1997, my three year Master of Divinity degree was coming to a close. One of the requirements for graduation was to draft a “Sta.. |
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A Constitutional Amendment Forgiving Debt and Bann..A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe Bible says not to charge interest on loans a lot more than it says anything that remotely sounds like banning homosexual behavior. It bans the col.. |
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Has Pope Francis Endorsed Homosexuals?A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesI know everyone is excited thinking that the Bishop of Rome just endorsed Homosexuals, but his stance is still the stance that the Roman Catholic Chur.. |
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Parable Of The CarA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe world is like a car designed by an engineer and given to his children.The Children decided that they knew better than their engineer father and tr.. |
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One Man's Jedi Is Another Man's SithA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe Jedi claim to fight for peace and justice; yet they employ violence to uphold their peace; they enforce their justice with a sword. They claim to .. |
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