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2015-08-18T15:34:18-04:00

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Colbert reveals how faith has kept him grateful in new GQ profile

Last updated on: August 18, 2015 at 3:34 pm By Billy Kangas

I have been a longtime fan of Stephen Colbert. He’s helped me to laugh through many of the most difficult and frustrating times of our nation’s history over the past 15 years or so (first on the Daily Show, and later in his own political comedy satire). Now Colbert is about to take the reins of the Late Show. I think he’ll do a great job. As the new show’s launch approaches Colbert was profiled this week by GQ. The profile touches... Read more

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2015-08-14T11:28:31-04:00

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Burger King enters into trademark dispute with 1200-year-old Gospel text

Last updated on: August 14, 2015 at 11:28 am By Billy Kangas

This week my wife almost bought me a tie. She’s visiting Ireland with my kids and her mom and they went to see the Book of Kells which is a beautiful illuminated Latin text of the Gospels. It’s 1200 years old and very cool. I was jealous. On their way out they stopped in the gift shop and found that the whole store seemed to be devoted to me. At least at first blush. My initials “BK” are the same as the... Read more

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2015-08-14T11:25:18-04:00

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How Pope Francis has changed Vatican diplomacy

Last updated on: August 14, 2015 at 11:25 am By Billy Kangas

This week I was fascinated with the National Geographic look at the pontificate of Francis so far. They give a glimpse at how Francis is working within and without the traditional structures of the Vatican. It’s worth a read. One thing I found fascinating was the summary of how Francis differs from Benedict in matter of diplomacy. It was offered by Federico Lombardi, the longtime Vatican communications official. Here’s an excerpt from the article: After meeting with a world leader, the former pope [Benedict]... Read more

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2015-08-01T00:07:29-04:00

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Free Photo Fridays: Food and Life

Last updated on: August 1, 2015 at 12:07 am By Billy Kangas

This week I continue my Friday Photo Series: Free Photo Fridays I post a few of my pictures from the week so that you can use them. They are free to use or even edit. There is no need to attribute or link back. Take and use as you please. If you like what you see I have started posting some of my other pictures here. This Week’s Photos: Read more

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2015-07-25T19:31:32-04:00

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Why The Sacraments Kept Me Christian

Last updated on: July 25, 2015 at 7:31 pm By Billy Kangas

I will never forget the night my journey to understand the sacraments began. It was 1999 and I was meeting with a small with my Lutheran church. I had recently had a strong personal encounter with Jesus Christ and had begun going to meetings in the Church with a passion and fire to learn and share about Jesus. Then the leader, Byron, said something unexpected. He stated that we received the grace of God in the sacraments. This shocked and... Read more

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2015-07-24T17:13:06-04:00

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Free Photo Fridays – Flowers, Statues, and Stained Glass

Last updated on: July 24, 2015 at 5:13 pm By Billy Kangas

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2015-07-24T17:00:02-04:00

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Free Photo Fridays

Last updated on: July 24, 2015 at 5:00 pm By Billy Kangas

For many of us who blog finding good pictures can be a challenge. You want to make sure the images you use are legal. You want to make sure that if photographers are being attributed or paid fir their work. Sometimes this is hard. I have decided to help. I have decided to start shooting pictures of things that fit into my own writing here on Patheos. I will be posting a few of them here each Friday as freebies.... Read more

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2015-07-17T08:39:13-04:00

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Church of Antioch Breaks off Relations with Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Last updated on: July 17, 2015 at 8:39 am By Billy Kangas

As pravoslavie.ru reports: The reason of the break-off is the dispute on the canonical jurisdiction of Qatar territories, to which both Local Churches have claims This break has been on the horizon for a couple of years now, and it breaks my heart. Antioch and Jerusalem are among the very earliest Churches and most ancient patriarchates. Although neither of these Churches are in communion with Rome, it’s still very sad to see something, which appears to me as a glorified pissing match, turn... Read more

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2015-07-13T20:33:52-04:00

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Why I take my children with me to Mass

Last updated on: July 13, 2015 at 8:33 pm By Billy Kangas

One of my pet peeves is going to a church where people pressure you to take your kids to a nursery to to children’s church. This was actually a big issue when I was a protestant. It is less of an issue in the Catholic Church. The reason I was bothered by it was because I feared that separating kids from worship would be detrimental to both the spiritual life of the children as well as to the broader life... Read more

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2015-07-12T12:45:33-04:00

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Summer Reading List

Last updated on: July 12, 2015 at 12:45 pm By Billy Kangas

Recently Theologues asked me to contribute a few titles to their summer reading list. I thought I would include my selections here you you all. On top of these I have also been reading some Plato, Hume, and a few books by Michael Chabon (just finished this, and started this yesterday). There’s also my comps list too…. which I won’t put down in it’s entirety here, but I’m sure you’ll here about it soon. It’s not really “summer reading” as much as... Read more

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