Tag Archives: The Shawshank Redemption

Soul. Ego. Communal Paradox (Rohr, Chittister, Merton)

My notions of ego and soul, and 3 influential sources

We harden our shells… Like turtles, not cockroaches

Turtles cannot live without carrying their living, scarred shells…

Words. Nice. Depression. Fraud.

Jane asked Dick, “Who do people say that I am?”

Listening. And another prayer hangup of mine

Religious idealism permeates even atheism in our culture, having conditioned us to value answers more than questioners.

Goodness is NOT from God “alone”

Don’t be too quick to embrace the fundamentalism that summarily ascribes all of your good fortune to God/God’s will.