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July 2012

July 05, 2012

Death with Dignity & Other Euphemisms

Our society is very fond of euphemisms. We like to wrap up difficult ideas and...

June 2012

June 15, 2012

What is Your Hunger Games?

When I was in elementary school I was fascinated with WWII genre novels. I especially...

June 04, 2012

Two Years of Spiritual Life Lessons … in Books

Ah, pure bliss.Some people associate certain memories with smells or particular foods. I associate books...

May 2012

May 07, 2012

LCWR – 5 Reasons to Leave the Labels Behind

I am at war - but not with my fellow sisters. My enemy is the...

April 2012

April 16, 2012

Father Corapi: Black Sheep of the Catholic Family

Many of you are familiar with Father Corapi, the former Ferrari driving, cocaine addict turned...

April 04, 2012

The Doorpost of All Humanity

Rain of Blood is Falling into the Garden Hundertwasser, 1972We are loved deeply and unfathomably; it...

March 2012

March 30, 2012

Teddy Bear Jesus

I imaginatively named my very first teddy bear - Bear BearI was eight when my...

March 26, 2012

Rend Your Heart, Not Your Garments

Let's start tearing it up.Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to...

March 12, 2012

This Lent, Leave Your Water Jar Behind

Refreshing water - this is what God is for our soul.The woman left her water...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Give Us This Day Our Daily Rice?

Just not the same as bread..."Three types of bread are to be asked from the...

February 01, 2012

Jesus is NOT a Marshmallow Treat!

Don't see Jesus here...I often hear people speak of Jesus as if he is some...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

My Sin Hangs Out with Creepy Fish

Yes, this fish exists...Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt and pardons...

January 14, 2012

Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus: A Beer with Jeff Bethke

This video has been making the rounds and causing a lot of hubbub. There are...

January 11, 2012

God Smokes a Corncob Pipe

Miner, Kentucky 1946There is dirt beneath God's fingernails. He is a hard worker,knowswhen to work, when...

December 2011

December 20, 2011

Future Firebreather

John the Baptist As I journeyed through Advent this year I found myself with one...

December 01, 2011

The Only Good Addiction

A World of AddictsWe love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.- Bertrand RussellWe...

November 2011

November 18, 2011

Advent & Straw

All that I have written appears to me as much straw after the things that have...

November 11, 2011

Stock Up on Toilet Paper, Armageddon is Coming

A couple years ago, when I lived in Oakland, my brother came to visit. As...

October 2011

October 22, 2011

Cover Me in Manure

In today's Gospel Jesus tells a parable about the owner of a vineyard...

October 14, 2011

Tear Down Your Paneled House

Is it time for you to dwell in your own paneled houses while this house...

October 07, 2011

God is the Surf Bum of My Soul

Light breaking through the clouds over the Sea of GalileeThe waters of my soulare delicately...

September 2011

September 28, 2011

Love Your Body

Many people associate Christianity with Puritanism. If you are Christian then nudity and sex must...

September 22, 2011

Letter to a Perfectionist

God is perfect, lacking nothing. That is, God is distinguished from other beings on account...

September 12, 2011

We Will Never Find the Body

Sign directing pilgrims to the Church A priest I know recently told a story during one...

August 2011

August 25, 2011

Happiness Doubled by Wonder

Dipping my toes in the Jordan RiverGratitude is happiness doubled by wonder ...

August 13, 2011

Forgetting Jerusalem

The Jerusalem Cross - The four crosses represent spreading the Gospel to the four corners of...

July 2011

July 26, 2011

God Beyond All Knowing

Mount Moriah as it is today The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The...

June 2011

June 27, 2011

Wrestling with My Inner Judas

Painting of the risen Jesus in the Cave of GethsemaneOh Jesus, watch over me always,...

June 17, 2011

153 Fish in the Sea

The Miraculous Catch of 153 Fish - Duccio, 14th centurySimon Peter went over and dragged...

June 13, 2011

Whose Dust Are You Covered In?

As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who...

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