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Paddy Gilger is a pastor and teacher of sociology and philosophy at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He's happy to talk at anytime except when the NBA is on. He lives in hope of the Milwaukee Brewers being known for something other than the sausage races.


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Breaking the Internet; My Heart
  I have spent more time than I care to admit -... read more
Remembering Archbishop Oscar Romero at 97
Today, in addition to being the Feast of the Assumption, would have... read more
Our Transfiguration, and His
Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother, John,  and led them up... read more
Becoming Peter, on Betrayal and Faith
In an aptly-sad, darkly-hopeful, meditation of an essay over at On Faith,... read more
What Martyrdom Means
Editor's Note: A Jesuit, Fr. Frans van de Lugt, S.J., was martyred... read more
Loving Your Enemies: Finding Mercy for Fred Phelps
Most of us are by now aware that Fred Phelps, Sr. has... read more
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