Category Archives: Moleskine

Best of December 2015

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Michael Welchert

The prophetic voice of the American church has gone hoarse and now has laryngitis. The prophets were drunk on God, and in the presence of their terrible tipsiness no one was ever comfortable. – Buechner Life is a pendulum not … Continue reading →

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Best of November 2015

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Michael Welchert

Sacraments The Table doesn’t discriminate who eats and drinks by judging whose clean or dirty, who’s done good or done bad. It presumes that all who are coming know that they are hungry and unclothed and only long to be … Continue reading →

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Best of October 2015

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Michael Welchert

A good mentor introduces you to the journey! -Bsp Jakes A good father walks with you on the journey. -Fr Michael Recovery Addiction is anything that I am using in a sense to try to cope in a way that … Continue reading →

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Best of September 2015

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Michael Welchert

Recovery Without crosses, the soul never dies to itself. -Guyon Love is unconditional….approval is not. -Dr Cloud Self sacrifice does not mean self sabotage. If you do not transform your pain, you will almost certainly transmit it. Some say there … Continue reading →

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Best of August 2015

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Michael Welchert

I see faith in the irreverent, miracles in the ordinary, and beauty in the margins. -Cindy Brandt …this is a perfect description of our work in Spiritual Cardiology. To live in the present is finally what we mean by presence … Continue reading →

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Best of July 2015

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Michael Welchert

What are we going to do when we get home? When the two sons of the parable of the prodigal son both have returned to their father, what then? The answer is simple: they have to become fathers themselves. Sons … Continue reading →

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Best of June 2015

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Michael Welchert

We are not free at all until we are free from ourselves. It is that simple and that hard. In a world where imperfection seems to be everywhere, the humble and honest have a huge head start in spiritual matters … Continue reading →

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Best of May 2015

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Michael Welchert

Faith itself sometimes needs to be stripped of its social and historical encrustations and returned to its first, churchless incarnation in the human heart. -Wiman I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England. … Continue reading →

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Best of April 2015

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Michael Welchert

The Bible provides wisdom and counsel for husbands and wives exclusively. Though the world is tearing up all the photographs and blueprints of a society and a family based on the moral law of God, be not disheartened. The Church … Continue reading →

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Best of March 2015

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Michael Welchert

The heart is the inner face of your life. -Celtic Wisdom Renewing the Church All the power-mongers are before him —worshiping! All the poor and powerless, too… worshiping! Along with those who never got it together… worshiping! Psalm 22:29 MSG … Continue reading →

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