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Lessons on labor, love, and life from St. Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa teaches us that work must be based in love in order to be truly fruitful. This truth applies to all work, whether one […]
Apostle Paul
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What to do with politics?
In Philippians 4:6, the Apostle Paul tells us: Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever modest, whatsoever just, whatsoever holy, whatsoever lovely, whatsoever of good fame, if there be any virtue, if any praise of discipline: think […]
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“Yours Is The Wisdom”: Pagans, Doctors, and Fathers
In classical Christian education circles, it is often asked why Christian students should bother with pagan authors. Who needs Virgil and Aristotle, so the question goes, when you’ve got the Church Fathers and Doctors? Like […]
Essay
Why don’t Millennials want to evangelize?
When I read the recent results from a Barna Group report suggesting that just under half (47%) of Christian Millennials think it’s wrong to evangelize, I confess I felt a bit like the Apostle Paul, […]
Essay
Reborn This Way: Baptismal Identity in a World Gone LGBTQ+
“But they’re BORN that way!” my Twitter interlocutor tweet-shouted, referring to gays and lesbians. The time was the height of the online debate about gay marriage, when many of us were linking to pieces articulating […]
Essay
Hope in the Face of Crisis
Jesus Christ is both the source and the object of our hope. Even during times of crisis, he remains with us as he promised he […]
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Answering the divine call to participate in the mercy of God
On the Readings for Sunday, June 15, 2018 […]
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The “authentic self” vs. the crucified self
Being “gay,” “bisexual,” and “transgendered” is not one’s “authentic self” any more than being “polyamorous” or attracted to one’s long-lost sibling. Orientation toward the sinful […]