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2014-11-09T14:00:59-04:00

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Why Catholics Oppose the Death Penalty

Last updated on: November 9, 2014 at 2:00 pm By Billy Kangas

Early this year Henry McCollum, North Carolina’s longest serving death row inmate, walked out of prison a free man. He has spent the majority of his life—30 years—behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Thanks to DNA evidence, we now know that the confession extracted by police in the early 1980s was in all likelihood the result of a scared kid who was looking for a way to go home, rather than a piece of real evidence. This is... Read more

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2014-11-06T22:41:51-04:00

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Quiz: The 5 Dimensional Political Compass

Last updated on: November 6, 2014 at 10:41 pm By Billy Kangas

I ran into this quiz today and thought it was fun. It attempts to track your political affiliation using five different categories. After writing my article on the flaws of a binary political system earlier this week I thought this was particularly interesting. I have included the quiz below for you to take. If anyone is interested in my results. The quiz is flawed in a lot of ways, but there is a part of me that loves convoluted labeling schemes. Call it... Read more

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2014-11-01T22:04:04-04:00

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Does the way Jesus died matter?

Last updated on: November 1, 2014 at 10:04 pm By Billy Kangas

Jesus’ death matters. I think very few Christians would disagree with that statement. For nearly all believers, the death of Jesus is one the primary points upon which their theology turns. How one understands the death of Jesus underscores how we view God, salvation, human destiny, love and Christ himself. This has certainly been true in my own life. In fact one of the primary reasons I became catholic is because of my own struggles answering the question, “why did... Read more

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2014-11-04T18:51:25-04:00

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How to Vote for the Perfect Candidate, Every Time

Last updated on: November 4, 2014 at 6:51 pm By Billy Kangas

A few years ago I was at my friend’s home near election Day. We were talking about who we were going to be voting for, and I mentioned that I planned on writing in a non-candidate for a particular office. This was something I often did, but he found it to be abhorrent. From his perspective a failure to vote for the candidate you are more inclined to vote for is, de facto, a vote for his opponent. I should... Read more

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2014-10-16T14:45:03-04:00

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Raphael’s Transfiguration: The Kingdom of God as both NOW and NOT YET.

Last updated on: October 16, 2014 at 2:45 pm By Billy Kangas

One of the challenges in reading the biblical account of the Transfiguration is determining what is going on, and how it fits in with the rest of the gospel. It’s a story that explicitly occurs in all three of the Synoptic accounts, as well as in 2 Peter 1:16-18. Perhaps the most famous depiction in the west of this story comes from Raphael, who was commissioned by Cardinal Giulio de Medici to pant the image for the cathedral of Narbonne... Read more

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2014-10-16T15:09:46-04:00

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Does Santa Exist?

Last updated on: October 16, 2014 at 3:09 pm By Billy Kangas

I recently had a chance to chat with veteran comedy writer Eric Kaplin – @ericlinuskaplan – about his new book about reason, mysticism, comedy, beauty, and how we know what we know. He’s written some great comedy for some great TV shows like the Big Bang Theory and Futurama. This has given him a unique platform to write, what essentially boils down to a popular level book about theology, epistemology and ontology. I was truly delighted to read his book, and our conversation... Read more

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2014-10-07T15:50:56-04:00

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The in-breaking of the Everyday: Jacopo Bassano’s Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Last updated on: October 7, 2014 at 3:50 pm By Billy Kangas

Jacopo Bassano’s painting, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, offers a fascinating interpretation about what it means to be a disciple. In it we see Christ at the moment of the miracle’s occurrence. Peter and Andrew are turning to him, recognizing him as holy and are beginning to orient their bodies and their lives toward Christ. In the boat next to them we see James, John and their father Zebedee. This composition seems to mirror the tapestry cartoon of Raphael on... Read more

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2014-09-29T23:29:15-04:00

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Obedience to a Good Church, with Bad Leaders

Last updated on: September 29, 2014 at 11:29 pm By Billy Kangas

Being a Catholic comes with many challenges. We are called to lay down our lives for other; love our neighbor as ourselves; give of our abundance to those who are in need; strive for holiness; care for the spiritual and temporal needs of those around us; fast and pray; and in all things grow to image God’s love to everyone. These are all hard enough in themselves, I certainly fail at all of these things on a daily basis; but... Read more

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2014-09-21T01:07:47-04:00

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This TED talk by a Catholic Priest will change the way you look at people around you

Last updated on: September 21, 2014 at 1:07 am By Billy Kangas

There are few examples of the Kingdom of God that are more creative and inspiring than the work of Homeboy Industries. Beginning in the 1980s out of the ministry of the Dolores Mission Parish in Los Angeles, they have grown into a network of services helping to equip former gang member to become people of hope. I was inspired by this TEDx talk given by their founder Fr. Greg Boyle on compassion and kinship. I hope you can take a listen, and consider getting... Read more

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2014-09-21T00:12:50-04:00

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I am so thankful for these people

Last updated on: September 21, 2014 at 12:12 am By Billy Kangas

Well today is my Birthday. All in all September 21st is a fairly great day to be born. I share it with Saint Matthew; Earth, Wind and Fire mention it in a fantastic song; and one of my favorite books, the Hobbit, was first published on it. That being said I have often struggled with birthdays. What should I do to celebrate? On the one hand I love the concept of having a birthdays that is others focused much like the... Read more

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