The House Studio https://www.thehousestudio.com/ Wed, 30 Jul 2014 18:52:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 59602382 The Earth goes around the Sun https://www.thehousestudio.com/earth-goes-around-sun/ https://www.thehousestudio.com/earth-goes-around-sun/#respond Wed, 30 Jul 2014 18:52:34 +0000 http://www.thehousestudio.com/?p=7343 There is some debate among the literary world about whether or not the names of the planets should be capitalized and when.

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]]> https://www.thehousestudio.com/earth-goes-around-sun/feed/ 0 7343 Spiritual Not Religious https://www.thehousestudio.com/spiritual-religious/ https://www.thehousestudio.com/spiritual-religious/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2014 15:12:08 +0000 http://www.thehousestudio.com/?p=7340 I think that in nine out of ten cases “spirituality” is a con — not a con by the person invoking it, but a con on that person. It offers the illusion of individual choice, as if our beliefs, or our rejection of belief, could be formed in some pure Ayn Randian void.

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]]> https://www.thehousestudio.com/spiritual-religious/feed/ 2 7340 Thomas Merton On Being Found https://www.thehousestudio.com/thomas-merton-found/ https://www.thehousestudio.com/thomas-merton-found/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2014 16:06:21 +0000 http://www.thehousestudio.com/?p=7331 If I find Him with great ease, perhaps He is not my God . . .

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]]> https://www.thehousestudio.com/thomas-merton-found/feed/ 0 7331 The 9 Maxims of Suffering https://www.thehousestudio.com/9-maxims-suffering/ https://www.thehousestudio.com/9-maxims-suffering/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2014 15:17:16 +0000 http://www.thehousestudio.com/?p=7320 When we walk through the valley . . .

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]]> https://www.thehousestudio.com/9-maxims-suffering/feed/ 2 7320 Like, More Victorious-er https://www.thehousestudio.com/like-victorious-er/ https://www.thehousestudio.com/like-victorious-er/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:20:17 +0000 http://www.thehousestudio.com/?p=7310 The one poem we will read every Easter.

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]]> https://www.thehousestudio.com/like-victorious-er/feed/ 0 7310 Power Is Common https://www.thehousestudio.com/power-common/ https://www.thehousestudio.com/power-common/#respond Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:10:27 +0000 http://www.thehousestudio.com/?p=7301 I love you. I would rather die than hate you.

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]]> https://www.thehousestudio.com/power-common/feed/ 0 7301 Everybody’s Business https://www.thehousestudio.com/everybodys-business/ https://www.thehousestudio.com/everybodys-business/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:39:37 +0000 http://www.thehousestudio.com/?p=7294 Wendell Berry on the commercialization of sex

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]]> https://www.thehousestudio.com/everybodys-business/feed/ 2 7294 The Missional St. Patrick (And Why There Is No Roman Imperative) https://www.thehousestudio.com/real-st-patrick-roman-imperative/ https://www.thehousestudio.com/real-st-patrick-roman-imperative/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:14:50 +0000 http://www.thehousestudio.com/?p=7278 5 things we can learn from the Celtic ministry

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]]> https://www.thehousestudio.com/real-st-patrick-roman-imperative/feed/ 1 7278 Breaking the Silence https://www.thehousestudio.com/breaking-silence/ https://www.thehousestudio.com/breaking-silence/#respond Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:40:04 +0000 http://www.thehousestudio.com/?p=7264 Walter Brueggemann suggest that the Psalms can be “a script for learning how to speak what we have to say that we were never permitted to say.” Just why is it so important to access our pain?

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]]> https://www.thehousestudio.com/breaking-silence/feed/ 0 7264 Coming Up With a Plan H https://www.thehousestudio.com/coming-plan-h/ https://www.thehousestudio.com/coming-plan-h/#respond Fri, 07 Mar 2014 20:13:15 +0000 http://www.thehousestudio.com/?p=7224 . . . yesterday I got thinking about Jacob. Making all these plans. Around one chicken.

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