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Our Identity as Heirs of God
April 15, 2025
Dear Souls & Hearts Member, Identity. Who am I? Who is God? Who is my neighbor? I am seeing more...
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Self Images and Identity
March 24, 2025
Dear Souls & Hearts Member, In the last reflection, titled The Key to Personal Statements: Getting God’s Identity Right First,...
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The Key to Personal Statements: Getting God’s Identity Right First
March 10, 2025
Dear Souls & Hearts Member, Everyone makes mistakes. I make mistakes. And if I were to do this series on...
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Catholic Personal Vision Statements, Revisited
February 24, 2025
Dear Souls & Hearts Member, Things don’t always go according to plan. I was planning for this reflection to offer...
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Writing Your Personal Mission Statement
February 10, 2025
Dear Souls & Hearts Member, Did you know that non-Christian mental health professionals frequently criticize the Catholic Church for setting...
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Your Parts and Your Personal Mission
January 27, 2025
Dear Souls & Hearts Member, We continue with our series on personal mission statements. In the last reflection, titled Your...
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Your Personal Mission Statement: Who, What, Where, When, and Why?
January 13, 2025
Dear Souls & Hearts Member, It’s 2025. It’s time to get going on personal mission statements. Today, I offer you...
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Take a Breath - Quick Stress Reduction at Christmastime
December 23, 2024
“Man’s life comes from God; it is his gift, his image and imprint, a sharing in his breath of life.” –...
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I Share My Values Statement
December 9, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (transferred)! I hope you...
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Writing your Personal Values Statement as a Catholic
November 25, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, It is so good to resume our series on personal values statements after a brief...
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How Inner Polarizations Lead to External Conflicts
November 11, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, Since Tuesday, November 5, I’ve been feeling ill with a bad cold, and it is...
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Human Formation and Purgatory - Revisited
October 28, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, Last November I wrote a reflection titled Human Formation in Purgatory? Yes, Indeed emphasizing the...
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