Catholic and Enjoying It!
This is why Bishop Robert Barron regards her Forming Intentional Disciples as the finest work of pastoral theology in years: Read more
This is why Bishop Robert Barron regards her Forming Intentional Disciples as the finest work of pastoral theology in years: Read more
Here is an excerpt from a letter by Dr. James Dobson, Evangelical Moral Leader: September 1998 Dear Friends: Greetings to you all. Shirley and I have been visiting the historic city of Boston for the past few weeks while working on a new book called Coming Home. I’ll tell you more about that at Christmastime. We have loved being together and are particularly grateful to God for His healing touch after my illness. Toward the end of our trip, however,... Read more
Kyra is a recently single mom of four, Catholic convert for eleven years, and mom to a special needs kid. She sells through www.etsy.com/shop/ironlacedesign and she makes chainmail and steampunk jewelry and rosaries. How cool is that? Remember that First Holy Communion, Confirmation, and Valentine’s Day are all coming up, and her stuff makes a great gift! There aren’t many places you can tasteful rosaries along with terrific stuff for RenFaire and ComiCon! Here’s a taste: Here’s a story Simcha... Read more
A reader asks: Morning Coffee Thought: This mornings ‘coffee thought’ is designed for Catholics. If you are not Catholic, feel free to keep scrolling. They say debate changes no mind, it simply entrenches us further into previously held opinions. I have evolved over the past decade from being very supportive of lay Catholic speakers and ‘apologists’, to being very suspicious and (I believe rightly), critical. There are a myriad of reasons. I was absent from the Church for almost two... Read more
…in response to the story of rapes and sexual assaults there, broken by Damien and Simcha Fisher. They released this statement, which not only walks back their initial response calling out (unspecified) “misleading information and serious inaccuracies” in the (unnamed) Fishers’ coverage, but actually thanks and praises the Fishers’ for their good work: “I want to extend my gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. Fisher for giving these women a platform to share their voices with us.” Also good news: “the... Read more
…is a surprisingly Christian film: Downsizing opens in a Norwegian lab where a group of scientists are testing an experimental technique to reduce animals in size. It soon becomes clear that the purpose of these endeavors is to apply the technology to human beings. The most dramatic scene in the film is the moment when the team presents a five-inch person to a lecture hall of astounded researchers and journalists. We then flash forward several years to discover that downsizing has... Read more
Jesus calls us to honor the elderly. That means providing for their needs when they reach old age. Christianists, in contrast, believe only in the profit motive and in the Libertarian commitment defending the strong and greedy from the needs of the poor and the weak they eat. Case in point: the destruction of the pension for our elderly citizens, combined with the sacking of their Social Security and medical benefits, forcing them to work at fast food joints and... Read more
Brilliant! 1. Look closely at the signs on the road that show you the speed limit. The number indicated is the maximum speed you can travel. Whether you’re on foot, bike or car. 2. Try to locate your car’s speedometer. You normally find it somewhere in front of the driver’s seat, on the dashboard. It has an arrow pointing to the number that reflects the car’s speed. On newer cars, the speed is sometimes displayed digitally, with numbers. 3. This... Read more
had a fun evening talking about evangelization. You can watch the whole magillah here. Read more
Meet Kalamazoo doctor Lucasz Niec. He came here when he was six years old and has lived a peaceful, productive, good life. Dunno if he’s Catholic, but he’s a Pole and so the odds are pretty high he is. To the delight of Christianist Trump supporters, who love the cruelty of destroying innocent lives for the sake of paperwork (because punishing the defenseless feels like power and power is all they care about), he has just been picked up by... Read more
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