This blog began in 2011 while I was an undergraduate student, as a way to share retreat talks, essays, and reflections on my experiences at Xavier University. Its primary purpose was to detail my study abroad experience in Shanghai and serve as a “public journal” of that summer in China.…Continue reading “Introduction & Overview”
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In honor of Approach sign-ups being due today, we wanted to take a moment to share one of the talks that take place during Approach. Below is a talk entitled, “God’s Love,” and was given in the Spring Semester of 2012. We hope that by reading this talk it will encourage you to sign-up for the retreat, or remind you of your Approach experience.
**Note: If you want the full experience, listen to Bob Marley’s, “Is this Love?” before you begin reading. After reading the talk, listen to The Beatles’, “Hear Comes the Sun.”**
God’s love is something different and unique for each of us.
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