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From the Archdiocese of Toronto, a masterful summation of Laudato Si’ in one easy-to-read graphic. Nicely done. Find more great resources here. Read more
From the Archdiocese of Toronto, a masterful summation of Laudato Si’ in one easy-to-read graphic. Nicely done. Find more great resources here. Read more
From the Archdiocese of Toronto, a masterful summation of Laudato Si’ in one easy-to-read graphic. Nicely done. Find more great resources here. Read more
Happy Fathers Day! With love and gratitude… Read more
A great evaluation of the new encyclical by Ted Widmer: Of course, Laudato Si is likely to be chopped up, packaged and sold in exactly the way it advises us not to. Politicians from both extremes will distort it, or simply ignore it until the news cycle is comfortably past. Yet it is not a reductively conservative or liberal argument; it’s an ethical appeal that springs from years of reflection. Throughout, he offers a bracing critique to the self-absorption of the Connected, right... Read more
From The Daily Beast: Evangelicals aren’t typically the target audience for Roman Catholic theology talk. Low-church Protestants from the Bible Belt have historically been hostile to Catholicism, even sometimes fearing that Catholics’ devotion to the pope will lead to one-world government, and that their political clout in the United States presages the end times. So it was perhaps a little surprising when Jeb Bush, who converted to his wife’s Catholicism, launched into an emotional testimony before a predominantly Evangelical audience on Friday about... Read more
[getty src=”477704780?et=Wru2fRMSSZVFCWupygaRGQ&viewMoreLink=off&sig=7yrBJp_JvokncGpeiVZB3yXNezpGKRqlfZgG-gDqPFU=&caption=true” width=”594″ height=”396″] View image | gettyimages.com I’m going to guess that most of us have never been on a small boat in the middle of a raging storm on the Sea of Galilee. But we all know the feeling—and it doesn’t really have anything to do with the weather. It’s pure fear, the fear that we are being overwhelmed by life, and God just isn’t there. How often have we wondered if God was present, if he... Read more
Well, here’s a pretty good answer, from Evangelical pastor Rev. J. John. Read more
A great evaluation of the new encyclical by Ted Widmer: Of course, Laudato Si is likely to be chopped up, packaged and sold in exactly the way it advises us not to. Politicians from both extremes will distort it, or simply ignore it until the news cycle is comfortably past. Yet it is not a reductively conservative or liberal argument; it’s an ethical appeal that springs from years of reflection. Throughout, he offers a bracing critique to the self-absorption of the Connected, right... Read more
Well, here’s a pretty good answer, from Evangelical pastor Rev. J. John. Read more
View image | gettyimages.com I’m going to guess that most of us have never been on a small boat in the middle of a raging storm on the Sea of Galilee. But we all know the feeling—and it doesn’t really have anything to do with the weather. It’s pure fear, the fear that we are being overwhelmed by life, and God just isn’t there. How often have we wondered if God was present, if he was paying attention, if... Read more
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