This is so good I swiped the whole thing from my friend Fr Rob Merola: You have any to add? HOW SERMONS CHANGE WITH AGE The other morning I found myself thinking about the difference in perspective the years can make, and how that might also make a difference in sermons preached. A Young Person’s Sermon A Not As Young Person’s Sermon How to Live Without Regret ... Read more
O Lord, you have taught us that without love whatever we do is worth nothing: Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts your greatest gift, which is love, the true bond of peace and of all virtue, without which whoever lives is accounted dead before you. Grant this for the sake of your only Son Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
One of Geeding’s latest: A national, conservative non-profit think tank says when it comes to U.S. history standards in school,Texas is worst and South Carolina is first. It’s OK my fellow Texans. We didn’t give up when the Germans bombed the Alamo which lead us into WWII, and we ain’t going to give up now. Read more
The sad thing, this abuse is common, by Kim Barker: Thousands of men blocked the road, surrounding the S.U.V. of the chief justice of Pakistan, a national hero for standing up to military rule. As a correspondent for The Chicago Tribune, I knew I couldn’t just watch from behind a car window. I had to get out there. So, wearing a black headscarf and a loose, long-sleeved red tunic over jeans, I waded through the crowd and started taking notes:... Read more
Wow, this is a sociological tsunami. By Michael Jones at Boston Globe. IT HAS BECOME increasingly popular to speak of racial and ethnic diversity as a civic strength. From multicultural festivals to pronouncements from political leaders, the message is the same: our differences make us stronger. But a massive new study, based on detailed interviews of nearly 30,000 people across America, has concluded just the opposite. Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam — famous for “Bowling Alone,” his 2000 book on... Read more
The Chicago Cubs Excellent post by Allan on faith’s challenge in a good society. And CAS looks at our society from the opposite angle. Derek explores the socio-economic kingdom vision of Jesus. What Patrick says about Ireland is good for the USA. Church numbers (HT: Geeding) Preacher Mike’s pen was raptured … Mike Glenn posts on the difference between tolerance and hospitality. Brad Wright on computer technology. So true. Get a good look at Bill Donahue’s blog this week: a... Read more
In his memoir (Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir) somewhere, Hauerwas says he “doesn’t believe in California.” Only someone from Texas and who lives in North Carolina could utter such a claim. But anyone who lives in Chicago, as I do, during the winter, which we now have upon us, and who flies during that winter to San Diego, quickly becomes a believer. I’m a believer. In California. Especially San Diego. Read more
Sarah Pulliam Bailey The Obama administration has reversed a George W. Bush provision that permitted health workers to opt out of services they find objectionable on religious grounds, Rob Stein of the Washington Post reports. The Health and Human Services Department eliminated nearly the entire rule put into effect by the administration of President George W. Bush during his final days in office that was widely interpreted as allowing such workers to opt out of a broad range of medical services,... Read more
From Yahoo by Zachary Roth: Anyone facing this? hearing of this? any companies want to speak up? In 2008, Michelle, a 53-year-old Illinois resident with 19 years experience in information technology, became another casualty of the Great Recession. More than a year later, after a long and fruitless job search, she finally heard from a headhunter who thought she sounded like a great fit for a post he was looking to fill. But when Michelle told him how long she... Read more
John Dunlop is a neighbor, a friend, a former fellow church attender — and my personal physician. He’s also now an author of a fine new book on a subject we all need to think about and a subject all pastors face, sometimes weekly. His book is about “finishing well” in this life: Finishing Well to the Glory of God: Strategies from a Christian Physician. Over the years I’ve had some interesting conversations with John about retirement, and I won’t... Read more
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