As the cartoon above finishes, “too bad he usually gets religious nuts.” All of us are very aware that religious nuts are much more prominent than fruitful believers. In fact, often it seems (and may very well be) that religious nuts number more than fruitful believers. For me, the problem has often been to […]
The wind of the Spirit?
OK, I found this photograph from back in 2010. So, there is the Patriarch of Moscow, and he does not appear to have any wind touching him. Then, there is the Patriarch of Constantinople, and he looks like he is in a windstorm! Between them is the President of Russia. The side of his coat […]
Kids and other adults
The cartoon above made me laugh in rueful memory. I can remember when our three daughters were teenagers. I can remember the almost inevitable fights that we had back then. They became teenagers in a foreign country and we had hoped that this would mean that they would not be as rebellious as if they […]
Fallujah and memories
As you know, or may not know, a group with apparent links to al-Qaeda has taken over Fallujah, Iraq. Promptly the predictable political game began as to who “lost” Fallujah, and maybe Iraq. I remember that game well. I remember the game well because I was sitting in some barracks in the USA when President […]
One way to reach out to lapsed Christians
OK, look at the logo above. Now read a quote from the sermon that Pope Francis delivered on the Feast of Epiphany: I would like to tell all those who feel far from God and the church — and I say this respectfully to those who are afraid or indifferent: The Lord loves you and […]
Situational Ethics and Politics
An editorial writer named Ruben Navarrette, Jr, recently wrote an article that I found to be most enlightening. Ruben is a Mexican-American editorial writer who generally tends conservative. He followed the Duck Dynasty controversy and then watched the controversy over the Romney adoption jokes on MSNBC. It was watching those two back to back that […]
On preparation for service to the Church
Recently Pope Francis spoke at the end of the 82nd General Assembly of the Union of Superiors General of religious men. With permission, he allowed notes to be taken and published by La Civiltà Cattolica, an Italian Jesuit magazine. The interview was published in the first issue of 2014 and is available in three languages. […]
Justice Sotomayor and protecting the Church
On New Year’s Eve, Sotomayor granted the Denver nursing home a last-minute, temporary reprieve from the health care law requirement that health coverage for employees include contraception. She will now have to decide whether to keep the temporary order in place, dissolve it, or take the issue to the other justices, who could decide to […]
So tired myths about Christian holy days
I had a wonderful Christmas. My wife and I spent time with kids, kids-in-law, and grandkids. We gained weight (oops), but it was delicious weight. Unfortunately, we also had to hear again about how (haw, haw) Christians took over a pagan celebration in order to convince the dumb pagans that there was really no change. […]
Another Chuck Norris joke
Heh, heh! Okay, I admit it. I like Chuck Norris jokes.
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