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October 2012

October 30, 2012

Extracurricular Reading

Hello friends, I want to point you to two posts that I have made on...

October 25, 2012

Consumerism & Politics the Gospel Way

I love the many layers of meaning in Scripture. Skeptics may think I am just a...

October 08, 2012

When Fish Fall Down a Waterfall, Do They Die?

Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter...

October 01, 2012

Led Zepplin Meets St. Therese (in an Elevator)

I spent the summer after 7th grade lounging around my neighborhood pool listening to a...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Photography, Light & Divinization

an ethereal clump of mossPhotography is all about light.I know very little about photography but...

September 03, 2012

Support a Catholic Speaker Month 2012: Dr. Tim Gray

Some Catholic speakers dazzle with their amazing intellect. Others draw you in with tales that...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Evolution of the Pro-Choice Mind: Movement Toward Dialogue

For many years the pro-life and pro-choice movements have been speaking past each other.Pro-lifers yell,...

August 20, 2012

Family Research Council Shooting & the Ghettoization of the American Mind

There are some people we just don't want to understand. They are not worth the...

August 10, 2012

Shame on America Magazine (and all of us really..)

Sorry, not gonna sing the praises of this latest article... I am a reader of...

August 08, 2012

At the Precipice: Gay Rights and Religious Freedom

You would think I had enough of this after the last extremely controversial post, but...

August 01, 2012

I’m a Christian, Not a Bigot, Thanks.

I think humans like extreme situations, or at least creating extreme situations in their minds,...

July 2012

July 23, 2012

LCWR and NPR – Airing Dirty Laundry

Who is getting hung out to dry? The sisters or the bishops? Or us all?Check...

July 18, 2012

Going Beyond Good and Evil

Doin' a jig on my path to God The path of the just is like...

July 09, 2012

The Ship of Joy

Joy riding old school...I have told you this so that my joy may be in...

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...