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Connecting the Dots
My imperceptible and awkward conversion
by Jonathan Tuttle

Among the seekers at inquiry sessions and the candidates and catechumens in Sunday RCIA classes, one's Personal Faith Journey is currency. It is asked for and shared like a business card whenever new faces attend, or even when the old ones feel like hearing it again. Even at the Rite of Acceptance, in front of a thousand people, the priest hands the shaking neophyte a microphone and asks, though not in so many words, What could have possibly brought you here?My story, frustratingly, changes with each telling. I don't rehearse ...
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March 16th, 2010
Connecting the Dots
My imperceptible and awkward conversion
Among the seekers at inquiry sessions and the candidates and catechumens in Sunday RCIA classes, one's Personal Faith Journey is currency. It is asked for ...
March 15th, 2010
What Works: Starting Fresh
As Spring and Easter approach and What Works celebrates its first anniversary, a reminder that renewal is possible at any time
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March 11th, 2010
Spiritual but not religious — Not so fast!
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The Zarathushtra Effect
Meet the followers of a dwindling ancient faith which they claim influenced Christianity
His admirers claim he was the first to teach monotheism, the existence of heaven and hell and the final triumph of good over evil. Plato ...
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Confessions of a Slipaholic
No one's perfect... just start fresh today
I have something to confess...It was late, I was out, I was hungry, and nothing else was open, so I went into a pizza shop ...
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What Works: Can You Turn the Other Cheek?
A challenge for Lent to work on everyday acceptance
Acceptance is the answer to all my problems, because if I'm in acceptance, I have no problems. OK, that takes care of this column. See ...
February 18th, 2010
Living and Dying with Tuck Everlasting
Looking back at life and death through the eyes of a 10-year-old
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Fast, Pray, Give
Busted Halo's Lenten plan is completely unflunkable, entirely relevant and totally inspiring
LENT AND CHOCOLATE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER! For countless people — both Catholic and non-Catholic — Lent has somehow become known as the time of year for ...
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What Works: Why to meditate
A Lenten challenge and closer look at the benefits of meditation for Christians
In a famous exchange, Dan Rather asked Mother Teresa of Calcutta what she says in prayer and she replied, "I don't say anything. I listen." ...
February 5th, 2010
Could you forgive?
A retreat series and new Paulist Productions documentary look at forgiveness
Rev. Frank Desiderio, CSP, facilitates forgiveness retreats throughout the United States (forgivenessretreats.org), featuring the award-winning documentary The Big Question: A Film About Forgiveness, which he executive-produced while president of Paulist Productions. ...
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