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This last semester one of the phrases that lingered from a student\u2019s paper was the phrase, \u201cliving rent-free in my head.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a great turn of phrase and underlines the power of unexamined, unchallenged assumptions that can linger, exercising unwelcome control over us\u2026.limiting and misshaping our daily existence.<\/p>\n

What are the ideas that are living rent-free in your head?<\/p>\n

How do they inhibit your own spiritual freedom?<\/p>\n

Your relationship with God?<\/p>\n

Your relationship with those you love?<\/p>\n

How would this day change if you issued those ideas an eviction notice?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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