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2025-11-01T08:01:41-04:00

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What Happens When our Moral Compass is Broken?

Last updated on: November 1, 2025 at 8:01 am By Rob Giannamore

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Addressing Moral Failure in American Religion Intro I get asked all the time “what is wrong with people these days?” As an individual trained in theology, philosophy, sociology and psychology, while I am nowhere an expert, my life experience and training has given me a great wealth of understanding and in some areas, expertise. The answer to this question is very multi-dimensional and complicated. The Church collectively both Catholic and Protestant has been marred over the entirety of my professional career spanning back to the late nineties by a... Read more

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Politics and Religion

2025-10-29T11:51:41-04:00

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Heroes, Mentors and People We Look Up To

Last updated on: October 29, 2025 at 11:51 am By Rob Giannamore

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A Reflection on All Souls/Saints Day The Benedictine Sister, Joan Chittester offers this quote from her book 38 Personal Stories to Transform a Life, “The truth is, that is important to know who our heroes are and what it is that binds us to them if we ourselves are to form a sense of self.” She shares this quote from her Vision and Viewpoint weekly newsletter on October 27, 2025, and it got me thinking. I grew up in the 80’s when Christopher Reeve embodied Superman... Read more

2025-10-24T09:17:10-04:00

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Prayer – The Rhythm of Life

Last updated on: October 24, 2025 at 9:17 am By Rob Giannamore

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The Rhythm of Life and Prayer In this second post for the week, want to focus on how we can integrate the wisdom of Saint Benedict and Psalm 118 into a living, breathing prayer life. I have written many times on prayer, most recently, this past March. I love prayer and I love the intimacy I receive with God when I start my day and continue my day with prayer. While I never made it to the monastery until after I became... Read more

2025-10-22T18:49:53-04:00

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Why Youth Still Want to Believe

Last updated on: October 22, 2025 at 6:49 pm By Rob Giannamore

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Reflections on Working with Youth: Challenges and Insights Recently, my kids have displayed renewed interest in their faith. My 22-year-old, my 20-year-old and my 16-year-old have all asked for new bibles over the last few years and it is encouraging to see them express a renewed interest in their faith. As a pastor, I never pushed what they should believe and with the chaos of being in the church, I did not necessarily push them or my wife to attend the churches I served- there often was a lot... Read more

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2025-10-17T14:53:25-04:00

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Attention as an Element of Spiritual Discipline

Last updated on: October 17, 2025 at 2:53 pm By Rob Giannamore

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Introduction In my last post, I talked about darkness. In this post, I want to focus on what lights our path and what we give our attention to. Attention helps us to really know God. Not the knowing of a prescribed faith, but the knowingness of the insistent presence of God. Here, I want to explore how focus illuminates our spiritual path Attention in Spirituality The practice of giving attention is related to the practice of being present. It is a specific way of being present. It is what you do when you... Read more

2025-10-15T11:36:53-04:00

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Considering Darkness as a Spiritual Practice

Last updated on: October 15, 2025 at 11:36 am By Rob Giannamore

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I still remember my first night run when I was running ultra marathons. I was training for a 100k and was running a 27-mile loop at the park I always train at. Never running in the dark with a head lamp was spooky to say the least. Watching the day animals go to their roosts for the evening and the night animals coming out of their day roosts, the forest was alive with activity. The most memorable scene was running along the... Read more

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2025-10-12T08:55:03-04:00

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Rethinking Retributive Justice

Last updated on: October 12, 2025 at 8:55 am By Rob Giannamore

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Introduction From modern politics to ancient theologies, humans have used retributive justice as a means to solving problems. But does retributive justice actual accomplish anything? In this post, I want to explore these two concepts, the psychology behind the two and suggest a better path forward. In America particularly, we are currently watching our political regime go after both the “enemy within” and political enemies. We are sending National Guard to cities and prosecuting people on questionable charges. Does it really work? Will any of this “Make America... Read more

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2025-10-09T08:20:32-04:00

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Empathy, Compassion, and Unity

Last updated on: October 9, 2025 at 8:20 am By Rob Giannamore

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Empathy, Compassion, and Unity: Lessons from the Wesley’s for Our Polarized World An Exploration of Practical Faith in Turbulent Times Anchor verse – 1 Corinthians 13: 1-8 Introduction I have spent the last few weeks discussing perspectives around the current geopolitical and faith crises we are observing all around us. As we observe daily in the media sources, the world is increasingly polarized, and truth has become a subjective experience that is hard to nail down. A message urging people to recognize... Read more

General Christian

History and Religion

2025-10-01T11:25:41-04:00

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Jesus Preaches in the Echo of Amos

Last updated on: October 1, 2025 at 11:25 am By Rob Giannamore

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Anchor verse: Amos 6:1a, 4-7 Introduction Amos was featured in the lectionary readings recently and as I was engaging in lectio, I could not help noticing how Jesus picked up Amos’ words. Intrigued, I looked a little deeper and found that Amos and Jesus both emphasized social justice, calling out the injustices and moral failures of their societies. While Amos warned of impending judgment for Israel’s sins, Jesus preached love, repentance, and the coming of the Kingdom of God, highlighting the need for compassion and mercy towards... Read more

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2025-09-27T07:16:37-04:00

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The Cruciform Example Amid Widespread Allegiance to Caesar

Last updated on: September 27, 2025 at 7:16 am By Rob Giannamore

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In the ongoing discussion about how we ought to posture ourselves during this very strange time in our American history, I want this week to counter the loudest voices as to how we should be Christian today. I want to show that what we are seeing is not a Christianity understood by our grandparents or even the Christianity of our founding parents. Instead, it is a mix of poor theology, nationalistic political ideology and a capitalization of the scarcity mindset.... Read more

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