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RLC September Book Club: “School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism” with Dr. Jorden Sharick
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Thursday, September 24, 2026 @ 7:00 pm EDT
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Those of us who just got here know how the machinery works. We were inside it. In the fall of 2014, I sat in the lobby of my…
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What Two Ancient Rulers Can Teach Us About Power and Conscience
For 41 years as a psychiatrist, N. S. Xavier, M.D., studied the complicated voices people experience as conscience—moral conviction, cultural conditioning, group loyalty, self-interest and genuine concern for others. In…
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What Exactly Are We Following?
Originally published September 17, 2026, at echoesofliberty.org (Echoes of Liberty, the author’s own site) I was raised Catholic. I know enough about Christianity to know that Christians sin. That isn’t…
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Henri Nouwen the Peacemaker
By John DearIn the early 1980s the Reagan Administration was waging a brutal war on the impoverished people of Nicaragua that left tens of thousands dead. In the center of it all…