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2017-01-24T17:12:44-05:00

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Help The Eastern Rite Nuns In Ukraine. Here’s How. UPDATED

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:12 pm By Frank Weathers

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Unless you’re living under a rock, you know about the crisis that has erupted in the Crimea region of Ukraine. Yesterday, I suggested you pray for the people caught up in this man-made storm. Prayer is a work of spiritual mercy, and today I offer you a more tangible way to assist: bring gifts of corporal mercy to the war torn region. How? (more…) Read more

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The A-1, Best Thing, You Can Do For The People In Ukraine…UPDATED

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:12 pm By Frank Weathers

Pray for them. Pray for peace, justice, a cessation of bloodshed, and that the conflagration that has erupted there ends soon. (more…) Read more

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WWJD? Consider This…

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:12 pm By Frank Weathers

Food for thought the next time you feel like turning over tables, and breaking out your whip of cords. Or your whip of words. שָׁלוֹם Read more

2017-01-24T17:12:46-05:00

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“Business Insider” On The Kindara App, And How It Can Help You Kick “The Pill”

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:12 pm By Frank Weathers

Joe Six-Pack, here. I know how it’s all the rage to root for the artificial birth control team these days, what with the HHS Mandate promising folks “freedom” from having babies at no cost. You know, treating pregnancy like it is some kind of disease. Not that Planned Parenthood couldn’t report some scary statistics for the number of abortions provided to women who were using the pill when they became pregnant, or anything. I wrote a post way back when... Read more

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Your Pope Francis Photograph Of The Day

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:12 pm By Frank Weathers

The Chalice, like a Boss. *image is from a Mass celebrated by the Holy Father in Aparecida, Brazil, Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Read more

2017-01-24T17:12:47-05:00

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Does God Hate Flags? An Answer On The 69th Anniversary Of The Flag Raising On Iwo Jima

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:12 pm By Frank Weathers

I saw a blog post with this title recently: God Hates Flags: The Public Nature of Theology. It’s a pretty good piece written by Artur Rosman regarding the events going down in Ukraine. I respect Rosman’s viewpoints regarding events in Eastern Europe, as he is from Poland. But I’ve been reading the Bible a little, and from this passage in Numbers it appears that no, God does not hate flags. (more…) Read more

2017-01-24T17:12:48-05:00

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Missing Rome, the Vatican, and Florence? Watch the First Twelve Minutes of “The Agony And The Ecstasy”

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:12 pm By Frank Weathers

It’s streaming over at Netflix, now. It’s one of the many movies that I never got around to seeing until now. In the first twelve minutes, you see gorgeous shots of St. Peter’s Square, as well as narrated details on all of Michelangelo’s sculptures. Really, it’s like a personalized tour, the likes of which most of us will never experience. As the narration ends, and the camera pans across the rainbow arcing above the dome of St. Peter’s, you may... Read more

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Gay Man Refused Last Rites? “GetReligion” Has Some Thoughts On This Story

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:12 pm By Frank Weathers

You’ve probably seen the story published by The Washington Post about the gay man who was allegedly denied a Sacrament by a priest because he was gay. When I read the story, something didn’t smell right to me. The first thing that popped into my head though was a question. Is this news? Or is it propaganda disguised as news? I think it is the latter. GetReligion has a fine stable of writers who, unlike many journalists, actually do “get”... Read more

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Pope Francis And The Pentecostals: “We must cry together, like Joseph did. These tears will unite us. These tears of love.” UPDATED

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:12 pm By Frank Weathers

I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. —Jesus, the Christ (John 17:20-21) This grainy video of Papa Francesco addressing a conference of Penetecostals here in the U.S. is making the rounds. Take a look. (more…) Read more

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PSA: Fortify Your Electric Garage Door To Prevent Easy Access

Last updated on: January 22, 2015 at 12:35 pm By Frank Weathers

Consider this post a public service announcement. Thieves can gain easy access to your home through your electric garage door. There’s not much chance of them guessing your access code anymore, but there is a key vulnerability in the emergency (read “power failure”) release. (more…) Read more

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