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2016-02-02T08:12:00-04:00

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Catholics for Bernie Sanders

Last updated on: February 2, 2016 at 8:12 am By Dave Griffey

Yes, it can happen. I freely admit that, using some strange and incompressible logic, a Catholic in good faith could support Sanders and still be a Catholic in good faith. Where we struggle with our pilgrimage in a fallen world, anything can happen. In an election, in a secular nation, forced to choose between flawed people, choosing the lesser of two evils can be a valid choice. Assuming, of course, that it is the lesser of two evils. But I... Read more

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2016-02-02T06:30:00-04:00

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This is so true

Last updated on: February 2, 2016 at 6:30 am By Dave Griffey

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2016-02-02T06:30:00-04:00

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This is so true

Last updated on: February 2, 2016 at 6:30 am By Dave Griffey

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2016-02-02T06:00:00-04:00

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A good point

Last updated on: February 2, 2016 at 6:00 am By Dave Griffey

As an Evangelical pastor, the interview process was similar to a job interview. Usually there would be a preliminary interview with a committee, possibly two interviews. Then I would meet with a broader selection of people representing the church. Eventually, if everything went well, I would be presented to the congregation, preach a sermon or two, meet and mingle, and wait for the vote. During the process, however, at least one of the interviews would involve the members of the committee meeting with, and... Read more

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2016-02-02T06:00:00-04:00

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In this election season

Last updated on: February 2, 2016 at 6:00 am By Dave Griffey

A few words from the Bishops about whether we should vote or not. From a piece I did a couple years ago when I got the impression that some esteemed Catholic apologists were trying to hedge the bet for where they planned on being on voting day. For them it was simple. Not only should you not vote for either party, but based on some very clever arguments, it was suggested that the very act of voting could jeopardize your... Read more

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2016-02-02T06:00:00-04:00

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Can the Pope do this?

Last updated on: February 2, 2016 at 6:00 am By Dave Griffey

Obviously he can. Will he? It remains to be seen. The problem isn’t that you have to believe in a vast, global conspiracy on the part of almost every human being on the planet to dismiss the idea that Pope Francis identifies with liberal values and the Marxist inspired ideals common to Latin American liberation theologies. The problem is, the Pope himself seems intent on living up to the various rumors. True, he hasn’t changed actual church teaching. But you... Read more

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2016-02-02T05:30:00-04:00

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If it was not for all the good America does

Last updated on: February 2, 2016 at 5:30 am By Dave Griffey

Our country might be as wicked and evil as everyone wants us to believe. I posted on this very study here. I fondly remember a Nigerian minister who once puzzled over why Americans are so brutal to our own nation: “It’s as if you want America to be worse than it was.” I’ve never forgotten that observation. That matches a talk I had with a priest from Nigeria a couple years ago, as he explained just how rough and brutal much of... Read more

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2016-02-01T14:47:00-04:00

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The joy of homeschool

Last updated on: February 1, 2016 at 2:47 pm By Dave Griffey

Is best demonstrated by taking a detour from studying at the public library in order to cause some wanton destruction with the play area toys. Read more

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2016-02-01T06:30:00-04:00

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Obviously

Last updated on: February 1, 2016 at 6:30 am By Dave Griffey

Male homosexuality, like any sexuality that falls outside of the natural order as created by God, is bad. Dangerous. It does harm on the physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual levels. As the Dying West has fought to make the sexual revolution mainstream, the costs in death, suffering, and expenses to both individuals and society have been beyond our ancestor’s worst nightmares. Naturally, we hear none of this from the organs of propaganda that would rather saw off an arm than... Read more

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2016-02-01T06:30:00-04:00

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The American religion of Antiracism

Last updated on: February 1, 2016 at 6:30 am By Dave Griffey

Spot on. My boys and I talked about this very thing some weeks ago, as we noted the growing number of people, books, movies, songs and just about everything else that is being heaped on the pyre of our self-righteous hatred of racism. It’s passed something, though we couldn’t put our finger on it. Clearly, what we are seeing today, just like the laughably absurd Oscar Scandal of 2016, is well beyond any sensical or even moral assessment of racism... Read more

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