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2026-03-01T02:13:34-05:00

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Reflections For Lent 2026 Part Two: Humanity

Last updated on: March 1, 2026 at 2:13 am By Henry Karlson

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There are two accounts of the creation of humanity in Genesis. While they have elements in common, even the earliest Christian commentaries noticed their differences. Patristic commentators and theologians tried to give explanations for those differences. For example, some suggested the first story concerns the creation of human nature as it exists in eternity, in “the kingdom of God” or heaven, or in relation to human nature, and the second shows us how that humanity was given material or historical... Read more

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2026-02-28T12:12:05-05:00

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The USCCB, Trump, Birthright Citizenship And Human Rights

Last updated on: February 28, 2026 at 12:12 pm By Henry Karlson

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One thing I’ve noticed is that Trump, and his followers, engage all kinds of equivocations with their rhetoric, using them to justify the unjustifiable. They will say they are against one thing, like illegal immigrants, but then they will show their definition of illegal immigrant is based neither on law or on any moral basis, but on the basis of xenophobia and hate. And when they do this, they do not get properly called out by the media. Their narrative... Read more

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2026-02-26T16:50:12-05:00

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Atheism As A Response To Bad Christianity

Last updated on: February 26, 2026 at 4:50 pm By Henry Karlson

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Atheism is a challenge for Christians, not in an apologetical sense, but rather, in the way it represents the reaction many moral and ethical people will have against the bad actions (and theology) of modern-day Christians. Christianity, in many ways, has turned bad thanks to the way many Christians have not lived up to the praxis set up by Christ. As they defend their actions, they end up creating monstrous notions of God which no one should believe. To be... Read more

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2026-02-25T03:31:30-05:00

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My Engagements With World Religions: Buddhism Part III

Last updated on: February 25, 2026 at 3:31 am By Henry Karlson

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When I moved to the Washington, DC, area, I continued reading as much as I could from Buddhist sources, but now, I included much more secondary literature. I started making connections between various elements of Buddhist thought, especially from those I was most interested in, with ideas stated by various patristic writers. For example, I saw St. Maximos the Confessor, and his description of a pleasure-pain cycle in the human condition that leads to our perdition, as being similar to... Read more

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2026-02-23T03:10:14-05:00

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True Peace Is Established By Love And Justice, Not Threats

Last updated on: February 23, 2026 at 3:10 am By Henry Karlson

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Over the years, I’ve often explained how Christians should work for and promote peace because they follow Jesus, “the prince of peace.” Sadly, many Christians seem to want to turn him into a militant warrior-messiah who fights for the nationalistic causes, just like Judas. They think he wants us to pick up the sword and fight with and for him. Why didn’t they pay attention to Jesus when he repudiated this notion by telling Peter to put his sword away?... Read more

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2026-02-22T02:52:51-05:00

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Reflections For Lent 2026 Part One: Creation

Last updated on: February 22, 2026 at 2:52 am By Henry Karlson

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Everything begins with God: God is “in the beginning” which is without end, that is, in the eternal now, the archē from which all things come. In this archē is God, God with God, and God proceeding from God through God to God. God is all in all, including in God’s own-self. God is love, making love itself eternal. But how can God be love? By way of the Trinity, with the persons of the Trinity loving each other; in... Read more

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2026-02-19T03:40:53-05:00

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My Engagement With World Religions: Buddhism Part II

Last updated on: February 19, 2026 at 3:40 am By Henry Karlson

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There were two major factors which led to my decision to go back to school. The first was my interest in Renaissance Christian Platonism and its approach to religion, with theologians and philosophers like Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola, Nicholas of Cusa, Cardinal Bessarion, and Agostino Steuco (whose work I still know only indirectly) each giving me philosophical and theological notions that have helped shape my own theological imagination. The Platonic Academy of Ficino, and his work, Platonic Theology, as... Read more

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2026-02-17T03:31:01-05:00

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Why Is Thomas Paine Relevant Today In Discussions Over AI?

Last updated on: February 17, 2026 at 3:31 am By Henry Karlson

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Every year, I see the job market is changing, and changing in ways society needs to better understand so that it can properly deal with the situation people find themselves in, both today, but also in the future. Many are losing their jobs; while there are several factors for this, one of the most important, and one which we really need to learn how to deal with, is the way technology is determining both the kinds of jobs which are... Read more

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2026-02-16T02:52:07-05:00

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Reflections For Lent 2026: Introduction

Last updated on: February 16, 2026 at 2:52 am By Henry Karlson

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Great Lent is meant to be a time of personal reflection and self-discovery, a time to get to know ourselves, our abilities and limitations, better. It is a time for us to discover which temptations affect us the most and find out why they do so in order to help us in our fight against them. Great Lent is also a time of meditation and contemplation concerning the world, what has happened in it throughout its history, how Christ’s resurrection... Read more

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2026-02-15T02:18:29-05:00

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Embracing God’s Image In Ourselves And Our Neighbors

Last updated on: February 15, 2026 at 2:18 am By Henry Karlson

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It is important for us to purify our heart, cleansing it from all selfishness and pride, if we are to properly love God (and everyone else through our love for God). We should treasure our neighbor because God’s image and likeness is found in them; and since God’s image is in then, treasuring them means we treasure God so that in our love for them we will find our heart truly is with God: “For where your treasure is, there... Read more

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