Discernment
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Though I’ve read the book by Jon Krakauer, this isn’t a book review, or even a direct allusion. But maybe it is. It seems as if we are bound to our domesticated life by shear will and determination. It is out in the wild that we actually yearn to live. Maybe its time we moved…
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In light of the long evolution of our theology, the troubled and inconsistent history of the Sacrament of Confirmation I was struck on Sunday by our needs for an evolution in the practice of Confirmation.
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The church, like the secular world, has a management problem: we are too focused on maintaining the status quo, that we are failing both our intentions and our desperate desire for maintenance. Perhaps the solution can be found in asking a different question.
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One of the most amazing things to me is the varying expressions of church that there are already. We allow in our minds the thought that Catholics and Baptists can both be worshiping on Sunday mornings. This doesn’t hurt our brains. But for some reasons, the modernists, the skeptics, and the trolls among us cannot…
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You have to admit it: Ellen DeGeneres is the epitome of honesty. Comedian, yes. Talk show host, yes. And yet, she’s honest. There is no character, nothing objectionable, and absolutely nothing fake. If you haven’t seen her commencement speech, you need to. It’s about 10 and a half minutes and it’s great. You can watch…