improvement
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In abuse, sex is the weapon, power is the cause
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3 min read
The sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church has caused a great deal of speculation and fighting–ideological, political, theological–and all (theoretically) for the betterment of the church. A new study, which I expect to do little to squash the fighting and speculating, attempts to make good PR for the Roman church by countering the…
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Seperate and Unequal: income inequality in the U.S.
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4 min read
Some have spent the better part of the last thirty years describing the dramatic economic shift toward the greater concentration of wealth in the ultra-wealthy, and the adverse effect this has had on the average American. Some have even chosen to mock this concern in recent years, suggesting that “redistribution of wealth” is something to…
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“First, imagine this is bread…”
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1 min read
“…everybody got it? OK, because you’re never going to believe what else it is.” I found this picture online and that is the first thing that popped into my head. Jonny Baker, in his blog, directed his readers to an article in the Church of England Newspaper entitled “The Eucharist re-examined“. You’ll find the picture…
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simplicity
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1 min read
Through Lent, St. Paul’s is holding a Lenten Program about Simplicity. The concept, as I see it, being this: We have complicated lives and live in a complex world, but it need not be so. This complexity separates us from one another and from God. To achieve balance in our lives, we must remove what…
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Finding the conservative voice
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5 min read
If we are to listen to the media coverage surrounding The Episcopal Church, one would think that there aren’t any conservatives left. Man, are they wrong!
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Seminary Truths 102
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3 min read
I loved seminary. I continue to believe in it. I would be completely unprepared for the priesthood had I not done seminary. In fact, I might be the poster child for pre-seminary idiocy and indifference to the workings of the church. Seminary is the training ground, afterall, for the future leaders of the church. Seminary…