Showing posts with label Christian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christian. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 13, 2018

The Feast of Saint Valentine

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The name "Valentine", is derived from valens, meaning worthy, and was popular in late antiquity. Of the Saint Valentine whose...
Friday, August 12, 2016

Nothing Special: Promises Not Kept

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"He who does not expect, has all things" Charlotte Joko Beck writes, "Our human trouble arises from desire. Not all desire...
Monday, July 18, 2016

Nature's God the Origins of the American Revolution

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"Locke and Spinoza are the chalk and cheese of the early Enlightenment..."  -- Nature's God by Matthew Stewart The origins ...
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Salvation in History

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"I think, therefore I am."   -- Rene Descartes, French philosophe Not the least of accomplishments, the late Pope John Paul II ...
Thursday, August 6, 2015

Gathering Communities

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We gather together to work, to learn, to grow; we gather into communities, towns, universities. People everywhere, they live in groups, th...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Christianity and India

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"Christians living in Kerala astutely relate the Christ to the Vedic tradition." Christianity in India is about as old as Chris...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Tarsius and the Council of Nicaea

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"Be still, and know that I am God." Bible, Psalm 46:10 While many have heard the word Nicaean (Nicean) and may know it has som...
Monday, February 11, 2013

Popes and Diatribes

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"a theology which out of love, wants to know the beloved better." --God Is Love by Pope Benedict XVI As many, such as the writ...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Today I Read, The Dilemma of Diversity

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" Parents worry that their kids' beliefs will be influenced by exposure to other faiths. They needn't be." Sacred Ground ...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Asking Questions, Tillich and the Existentialists

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"I start with man asking questions about the ultimate meaning of life. People who listen to me are those who declare they don’t under...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Love, Our Moral Witness

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"Love is the necessary condition of justice" Caritas in Veritate, by Pope Benedict In a world increasingly influenced by the cl...
Monday, December 7, 2009

Incarnation, One Grand Miracle

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"The Christian story is precisely the story of one grand miracle, the Christian assertion being that what is beyond all space & ti...
Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Songs: What is Really in the Bible, Anyway?

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The simple mind is away from the computer. this article was posted here previously, March 9, 2009. "I sought the one I love" --T...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Satan is an Angel

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"Innocence is a mystery greater than evil." --James Hillman There is a long tradition in human history of Satan , or an entity w...
Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Reincarnation or Resurrection?

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"I believe with complete faith, that there will be "techiat hameitim " - revival of the dead, whenever it will be God's...
Monday, March 9, 2009

Yahweh, Our Father

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"I sought the one I love" --Tanakh, Shir Ha-Shirim Reflecting on the often forgotten or overlooked patrimony of the Christian, the...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

The Person and Love

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There is much thought given to "love." Much is written about it both in secular and spiritual works. Some will say that love may ...