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Patrick T. Reardon
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In the holiness of beauty, a glimpse of God shines through
Soul Seeing: All of this beauty, whether the mud of Jesus' spit or the clouds of incense or the Sistine Chapel, all of these are outward signs, instituted by God, to give grace. We can be one of those outward signs.
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'Future Corpses' reminds us: Death isn't an 'if'
Book Review: While not religious in an institutional sense, this book contains the spiritual message that life is richer when you recognize that death is coming. That death is a part of living — indeed, a key component of living — and, as such, part of God's creation.
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At 69, I still find grace and God on the basketball court
Soul Seeing: Playing basketball at 69 is not easy on one's pride. Yet, two or three times a week, I'm out on the court with one set of friends or another, sweating, straining and exerting myself. Why? I think it has to do with that "grace and clumsy harmony."
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God is the ocean in which we all swim
Soul Seeing: Things happen in life, good and bad. Good things happen to bad people. Bad things happen to good people. Life isn't fair as anyone knows who has come to the realization, as humans must, that we are born to die. You and I live under a death sentence.