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2016-06-29T17:46:06-06:00

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Life in the Spirit: The Guiding God, Part 2

Last updated on: June 29, 2016 at 5:46 pm By K. Mulhern

“The mind and soul of a mature man of prayer have simplified their gaze, and deepened and broadened their correspondences with Reality… Such a soul knows existence, is aware of the mysterious movements and pressure of the Spirit, in a way others do not.” ~ Evelyn Underhill Last week I wrote about the Spirit of God as a divine Sherpa, a trustworthy companion and guide in life. (Not “the spiritual life,” whatever that is, but life. All of life.... Read more

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2016-06-23T15:46:58-06:00

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Life in the Spirit: God Guiding, or, Spirit as Sherpa

Last updated on: June 23, 2016 at 3:46 pm By K. Mulhern

I began this series with a comment about the ways I have often imagined the Spirit as an ayah—a constant companion, teacher, friend, and surrogate mother. While I’ve come to understand and experience the Spirit as much more than that, the ayah image has not faded, but rather intensified. Sometimes when I find the whole Christian story just too much to believe, and the idea of a Father God seems completely mythical and the Jesus-story an impossible fantasy, I... Read more

2016-04-16T14:33:49-06:00

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Life in the Spirit: God Tending

Last updated on: April 16, 2016 at 2:33 pm By K. Mulhern

Now that Lent is over, it’s back to life as usual. No more arduous efforts, no more talk of self-deprivation, no more trial and drama and spiritual angstiness. Yay for Fifty Days of Easter! Bring on the chocolate! But let’s not waste our Lent. Recalling our spiritual history might help a bit. We usually remember that our Easter coincides with the Jewish Passover, but we may forget the parallels that continue in the following weeks. After the first Passover, the... Read more

Life in the Spirit

2016-02-08T12:02:50-07:00

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Would You Rather Find Jesus Alive or Dead?

Last updated on: February 8, 2016 at 12:02 pm By K. Mulhern

In the upcoming movie Risen, billed as a story about “the manhunt that changed the course of human history,” Roman soldier Clavius (played by Joseph Fiennes) is commissioned with the task of finding the body of Jesus. First he crucifies him, then he loses him. With all the brutal focus of a calloused Roman killer, Clavius hunts for the hiding place of the apparently absconded body. Confession: I often read the last few pages of a book before I technically... Read more

2016-01-27T09:39:09-07:00

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Where Does (Your) Faith Come From?

Last updated on: January 27, 2016 at 9:39 am By K. Mulhern

Working as I do in the wood between the worlds of religion, I am daily immersed in the conversations within various believing and non-believing traditions. Broadly speaking, and with notable exceptions, there are three kinds of essays. Some are conversations within the tradition, either addressing internal matters pertinent to that tradition or commenting on external events, public conversations, or cultural trends from the perspective of that tradition. I call this “dinner with mom, dad, and the crazy first-cousin-once-removed” sort... Read more

2016-01-16T14:11:48-07:00

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Life in the Spirit: God Birthing

Last updated on: January 16, 2016 at 2:11 pm By K. Mulhern

These are some thoughts on two fellows, disconnected by everything except religious heritage. In the great sweep of biblical history, these two never share time or space, but they come together in my imagination because of their experience of Wind. I obviously have a thing for Ezekiel’s vision of dry bones (Ezek. 37). A vast and desiccated plain, the dead strewn in dust, their bones white and naked and broken apart without sinews to hold them. A gray sky, a... Read more

2016-01-17T13:17:58-07:00

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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Toughness of Mind, Tenderness of Heart

Last updated on: January 17, 2016 at 1:17 pm By K. Mulhern

Today is the only federal holiday designated and observed nationwide specifically for the honoring of a single man and his contributions to American life. Our nation’s story is immeasurably better for his having lived, for he helped us to become more of what we want to be. Our nation’s founding was an act of liberty, an act of justice, and an act of opportunity, but it was limited and narrowly envisioned. MLK, by pushing us to extend liberty, justice, and... Read more

2015-12-17T16:45:18-07:00

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Considering Wheaton’s Actions: Sympathetic or Simplistic?

Last updated on: December 17, 2015 at 4:45 pm By K. Mulhern

Larycia Hawkins, employed by my alma mater, has stirred up a hornets’ nest of political, religious, and cultural nuances. And without question, she knew she was going to do so. Professor Hawkins, like many of us, is repulsed by the sheer nastiness and ignorance of many loud political voices on the internet lately who bark about Muslim terror, and we loathe the hateful words and actions that vilify good American citizens. But both her actions and her words inflame rather... Read more

2015-11-20T16:55:42-07:00

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The Igniting God: Life in the Spirit

Last updated on: November 20, 2015 at 4:55 pm By K. Mulhern

Some of the stories from the Desert Fathers and Mothers are just too weird to mean much to me. Or they’re too hard. Or they’re just too hot and windy and covered in sand. But sometimes – and timing is everything in the spiritual life – one hits me hard. And this is the one I’m thinking of lately: Abba Lot came to Abba Joseph and said, “Father, according as I am able, I keep my little rule, I fast... Read more

2015-11-20T16:56:03-07:00

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The Overshadowing God: Life in the Spirit

Last updated on: November 20, 2015 at 4:56 pm By K. Mulhern

To be filled, we must become empty. People talk about a “spiritual vacuum” in their lives, about a hungriness or a longing, and this is the starting place. We who pray Veni, Sanctu Spiritus cannot expect the Spiritus to Veni if we’re already quite pleasantly filled, thank you very much. The Spirit is not interested in being the frosting on our cake. We begin by accepting the barrenness of our lives; we begin, as Jesus reminds us, by knowing... Read more

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