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Jesus Christ is the world’s greatest revolutionary. People who believe Him and follow His teachings are empowered on every level of their existence. It is impossible to be a true follower of Christ and not realize that you are worth something, no matter what the larger world has to say to the contrary. This revolutionary aspect of Christianity is most evident in its impact on marginalized people, including women. The women who are part of the “untouchable” or “Dalit” class... Read more
According to news stories, Eastside Catholic High School in Seattle dismissed its vice principal because he was a gay man, ‘married’ to another gay man. This action resulted in what news stories have characterized as a walk-out by students of the school. I looked on the school’s website and found that tuition at this school is almost $19,000/year. The motto, Discover You, is emblazoned on the web site. That motto would seem to fit in with the overall sense of entitlement that... Read more
A federal judge has ruled that the government’s latest sally into police statism is unconstitutional. Calling the practice of sweeping every phone conversation of every American into a government database “almost Orwellian,” Judge Richard Leon ruled that it also violates the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Here, for those who’ve forgotten, is the Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall... Read more
An Oregon teacher has been fired for refusing to allow Planned Parenthood in his classroom. It is important to remember that Planned Parenthood receives enormous amounts of government money for coming to schools to “educate” young people about their sexuality. Much of this money comes in the form of pass-through money from the Federal Government. However, it is up to the state government to determine which contracts will be awarded. Planned Parenthood also stands to receive huge financial benefits from... Read more
“I’ll accept you, but only if you leave your identity aside.” This statement sums up the challenge a lot of Christians are facing in their walk with Christ. The Vatican’s answer is that Catholic schools must retain their Catholic identity in the face of it. Read more
What would you do if you won the lottery? My husband and I had a dinner conversation about this last night. The lottery had gotten up to some stupendous number and he’d gone all in and bought a $5.00 ticket. Or maybe he bought five $1 tickets. I’m not sure. All I know is that he came home and told me that this was our one chance to have a happy life. After we finished laughing, we slipped into... Read more
Forty-five percent of Planned Parenthood’s 2013 budget, or $453,000,000, came from direct government funding. In addition, another 25%, or $305,000,o00, came from “non-government health services revenue.” I can’t say definitively, but based on my years of dealing with government budgets, I imagine that a good bit of this “health services revenue” is actually indirect government funding in the form of pass through monies. Does that make it clear why the head of Planned Parenthood campaigned so assiduously for President Obama?... Read more
Scott Hahn describes a conversation he had with a Muslim scholar. The point for me in this conversation is the great beauty of what Jesus did for us. Jesus is God made Human. He gave up His deity to become one of us in order to redeem us. By doing this, He became the Way by which we can enter into genuine communion with Our Father Who Art in Heaven. No other faith has an empty tomb. No other faith... Read more
Oh me. Oh my. I gifted myself a with a Sony a77 — that’s a whopping big slt camera, for those not in the know — as they’d finally come down from the stratosphere in price. I’ve been using an a55. I got the camera Saturday. As soon as the battery was charged, I fired it up and took a few shots. Oh wow. I used the same lens I’d been using on the a55 — a 17-50 f2.8. It... Read more
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