If we are to live lives that enable us to hear more clearly who we really are, then we will have to learn to move to a rhythm that is superior to the ones we have fashioned for ourselves, or the ones a consumer society has foisted upon us. We will have to discover the [...]
No, not that one. St. Hyacinth Pax et bonum.
(Editor’s note: This is part one of a guest post written and contributed by one of my dearest friends, Gawyn Reddragon, who blogs at Signs and Portents.) With such thoughts, sitting amongst the suitors, he saw Athene and went straight to the forecourt, the heart within him scandalized that a guest should still be standing at [...]
Regular posting will resume next week. I apologize for the hiatus, but life has thrown me a few curve balls this week. I would, however, like to share this quote that I ran across yesterday. One was rubbing a peach along his face, and I said, ‘It’s supposed to feel like that.’ Another was breathing [...]
Timothy Kincaid wrote for the Box Turtle Bulletin yesterday this piece, which he has graciously given me permission to re-post in its entirety. Much ink is spilled by Christians attempting to justify practices in the ex-gay movement, and even the movement itself. Kincaid’s article addresses head-on some of the problems faced by many in the [...]
Immigration and racial profiling are pro-life issues. Today is the day that S.B. 1070 is scheduled to take effect in Arizona. Some of the most heinous measures in the legislation were halted yesterday with an injunction while the decision is appealed. The Bishops of Arizona and the southwest released a statement today, which read, in [...]
M. Craig Barnes writes in the current issue of Christian Century (07/27/10) about discernment and the will of God. Discernment is a cool word in religious circles. All the spiritual gurus use it. Even those of us who think of ourselves as spiritual grasshoppers strive to discern the will of God. When faced with a [...]
The right to freedom of religion is the right to believe as one chooses, and practice those beliefs. It is not the right to insist that others conform to those beliefs. -Father Tobias Haller, B.S.G. Pax et bonum.
(Editor’s note: This is a guest post written and contributed by Rae, who blogs at No Wealth But Life and Catholic Life.) During my college years most of the RAs would keep baskets of candy outside their doors. When visiting a friend in another hall I would always make a point of looking in the [...]
Today’s Gospel: At that time Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.” He said [...]
