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2017-03-24T14:31:59-06:00

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Between the Ideal and the Reality Falls the Pastoral Challenge

Last updated on: March 24, 2017 at 2:31 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

So, aside from tossing the sacraments overboard and re-writing the Gospels to reflect the daily zeitgeist, how does the Church deal with 2 billion messed up and very needy lives? Look at any person, it doesn’t matter which person, and you will be looking at someone who has been hurt sad world, when people align themselves according to their fidelity to various group hatreds. Read more

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2014-10-22T16:20:52-06:00

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St John Paul II: The Pope Who Changed History

Last updated on: October 22, 2014 at 4:20 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

2014-12-17T14:23:55-07:00

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Breaking: Shots Fired in Canadian Parliament Building

Last updated on: December 17, 2014 at 2:23 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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From BBC News US & Canada: Several shots have been fired inside and outside the nation’s parliament in Ottawa, leaving one soldier wounded. A gunman fired at the National War Memorial and then ran into parliament nearby, continuing the attack. Canadian broadcaster CBC and several MPs report that one gunman has been killed but that is unconfirmed. The incident came hours after Canada raised its terror threat level following a fatal hit-and-run attack on two soldiers earlier in... Read more

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2014-12-17T11:52:52-07:00

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Canada: Hit and Run that Killed Soldier is Called Terrorist Attack

Last updated on: December 17, 2014 at 11:52 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Canadian authorities are doing something that American authorities appear to be incapable of doing: They are telling the truth. They have named a recent hit and run in which Martin Rouleou-Couture used his automobile to murder one soldier and injure another at a strip mall as terrorism. The attack ended with the police shooting and killing Mr Rouleau. Mr. Rouleau, who was Muslim, had been monitored by Canadian anti-terrorism forces since June. According to police, he sat in his car... Read more

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2014-12-17T14:24:40-07:00

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Pope Francis Explains the Power of the Eucharist

Last updated on: December 17, 2014 at 2:24 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

2014-12-17T14:25:03-07:00

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Fall Cleaning. Life Cleaning.

Last updated on: December 17, 2014 at 2:25 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

I cleaned out my office the Monday after session adjourned. My son and one of his friends drove over and carried it all out. Now, after leaving them stacked up for months, I’m figuring out what to keep and what to toss from the things I brought home. I remember Princess Diana, after her divorce, selling all her old clothes. That was a smart move. I’m going through a decidedly low-brow version of that this week. I’m tossing out... Read more

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2014-12-17T14:25:33-07:00

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Haters Gonna Hate: Christian Ministers Forced to Perform Gay Marriage or Face Jail Time

Last updated on: December 17, 2014 at 2:25 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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Photo Source: Catholic News Agency Remember the lies? Gay marriage would not lead to polygamy, they said. But before gay marriage is even fully out of the gate, the court movement to legalize polygamy is afoot. Gay marriage will never lead to ministers being forced to perform gay marriage wedding services, they told us. Well, so much for that one, too. David and Evelyn Knapp, ordained ministers of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, have been told by... Read more

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2014-12-17T14:25:58-07:00

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The Synod, One More Time

Last updated on: December 17, 2014 at 2:25 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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I was bugged all day long yesterday by one of my own posts. The post in question in this one. It was the post in which I compared the recent Synod on the Family with the United States Congress. I tried twice last night to write another post, essentially taking back some of the sharp-edged harshness of that one, but I couldn’t get there. Here’s what I finally came around to. I was wrong (and this is what was... Read more

2014-12-17T14:26:41-07:00

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First, Wars, Plagues and Earthquakes. Now We’ve Got Spiders as Big as Chihuahuas.

Last updated on: December 17, 2014 at 2:26 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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First, Boko Haram. Then, earthquakes in Oklahoma, Russia in the Ukraine, and then ISIS, followed by an Ebola chaser. What’s next? It seems that what may be next is spiders the size of chihuahuas. These adorable critters, are known by the nifty little name, the South American Goliath Birdeater. The Goliath Birdeater has a leg span of almost a foot, weighs in a half a pound, spits barbs into assailant’s eyes and has two-inch fangs capable of puncturing a mouse’s... Read more

2014-10-20T13:27:38-06:00

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Conversion Story: Jesus Speaks Directly to Convert from Islam

Last updated on: October 20, 2014 at 1:27 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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This video is the first person story of man who converted to Christianity from Islam. In the process, he had a powerful, personal encounter with the Risen Lord. Read more

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