Faith
The search for meaning, purpose, and relationship. Our need for love compels us to seek it out, and when we find it, share it.
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peterrollins.net » The King and His Jester
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peterrollins.net » The King and His Jester: Religion and its Acceptable Transgressions In contrast to the jester, the trickster is someone who transgresses against a system they are part of in a way that genuinely jars the system itself. The trickster is a revolutionary figure who is able to expose the reactionary moral, political and…
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Which is the real Easter: a day or a season?
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In this week’s Question + Response for St. Paul’s, I explore the pressing question of what is Easter, really: that one Sunday, the season, or is it something way bigger than that? Easter is our favorite. Many of us like Christmas, too. But Easter takes the cake. A born Jesus is nothing compared with a…
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Why Sarah Palin is Right About Baptism by Waterboarding — #AmericanBaptism A must read post about the real torture of people versus imagined, metaphorical torture of concepts.
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[Warning: While I am not recapping the most recent episode, there are some spoilers from “The Grove” and from earlier episodes in Season 4. I’ll leave the recaps for EW and The Daily Beast. The subject however, remains difficult and not suitable for all readers.] Last night’s episode of The Walking Dead, “The Grove” is…
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Getting Some Ash: finding our place in creation
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Ash Wednesday is symbol-rich day. It is marked with one of the most evocative Christian symbols in all of our liturgies. We smudge a cross of ash on each other and we say to them: Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. For most Christians, we deal first and primarily with…