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Page 28
... beginning to recognize that sixty - five can launch a time of precious freedom to become reac- quainted with ourselves , to follow the leading of the heart , the leading of the Spirit , and once again to play . Our younger years , with ...
... beginning to recognize that sixty - five can launch a time of precious freedom to become reac- quainted with ourselves , to follow the leading of the heart , the leading of the Spirit , and once again to play . Our younger years , with ...
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... beginning of his return to sociability and later to the church . The losses of later life cannot be escaped , but they can be transcended to become occasions of spiritual growth as we learn to incorporate them into ministry on behalf of ...
... beginning of his return to sociability and later to the church . The losses of later life cannot be escaped , but they can be transcended to become occasions of spiritual growth as we learn to incorporate them into ministry on behalf of ...
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... beginning way , that for all the loving communion that may happen between myself and another , we are separate beings . What happens to that person may caue me pain and grief and shake the equi- librium of my life , but we ultimately ...
... beginning way , that for all the loving communion that may happen between myself and another , we are separate beings . What happens to that person may caue me pain and grief and shake the equi- librium of my life , but we ultimately ...
Contents
Toward an Ethic for the Third | 12 |
Meditation and Prayer | 46 |
The Gift of Wisdom | 63 |
Copyright | |
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