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How to begin a project in artistic living

Receiving and giving To construct a philosophy of living project, we first identify some area of our lives that we would like to work on, some growth frontier. It is important to be realistic, not take on too much, but the greatest growth usually comes from focusing on our front-burner issue, the …

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Art, morality, and Auguste Rodin

Arts, Morality

Over the years, the sculptor who moved me most was Auguste Rodin, whose Burgers of Calais continues to symbolize for me the heights of human greatness. The work commemorates the men of the French city of Calais, who in 1347 responded to the offer of the victorious English king who had besieged their …

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Marcus Borg and a new way to look at the religion of Jesus

Spiritual experience

A leader in liberal theology, Marcus Borg died last Wednesday, January 21. I remember using his 1993 book, Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith. In that best-seller he told of his traditional Christian upbringing, his questioning, the …

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C. S. Lewis, Peter Kreeft, and the sequence: truth, goodness, and beauty

Growing in Goodness, Living the truth, Philosophy of living general, Walking in beauty

Peter Kreeft Scrambling at the last minute to get all the data required to submit a book proposal to an editor. They all want to know how your book compares with similar books on the market. You think you know the “competition,” but just to see if anything has appeared recently, go to amazon. Type …

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A proposal for peace between Jews, Christians, and Muslims: Difficulties and responses

Spiritual experience

When I think of the hard problems we are dealing with on this planet, I ask how the divine light that shines through the clouds is going to work its way into the eventual triumph of the way of truth and love. I am convinced that we have a historic opportunity to learn to know and love our …

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Is learning a community affair?

Philosophy, Science

Reggio Emilia preschool piazza (common space) It’s generally a good idea to get to know and learn from people you want to teach before you try to teach them anything. Here’s something huge that I just learned from Howard Gardner, who has probably reached more people with a message about the …

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