Blog 30 Nov 2021 The Culture Wars: Plato, Shakespeare, Hesse, Eliot WN: My good friend Ron Dart sent me this lecture on the Culture Wars. It's enlightening. There are many more… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Nov 2021 Sing, Choirs of Angels By Sr. Carino Hodder, OP December 9, 2020 WN: Quite lovely. Quite heartening. excerpts: “O, little town of Bethlehem,” said… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Nov 2021 Vandana Shiva: The Great Seed Piracy June 21, 2016 Vandana Shiva Environment photo above: Source: The Asian Age WN: The account of the article highlighted below… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Nov 2021 Into This Demented Inn Into This Demented Inn --Thomas Merton Into this world, this demented inn, in which there is absolutely no room for… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Nov 2021 Commentary on: “The Invention of Thanksgiving” By Philip Deloria November 18, 2019 image above: The Indians who joined the mistrustful Pilgrims, Wampanoag tradition suggests, were honoring… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Nov 2021 What is “Evangelical” Theology? November 4, 2019 by Scot McKnight WN: In my book review of Kristin Kobes du Mez' outstanding Jesus and John… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Nov 2021 The Teacher Who Never Spoke By Maureen Swinger November 22, 2021 WN: So beautiful. So very humbling. So complicatedly hopeful. excerpts: he summer my brother… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Nov 2021 All the Lawyers Who Stood Between Ahmaud Arbery and Justice Pilar Melendez November 24, 2021 photo above: groyourwealth.com WN: An enormous tragedy . . . A muted victory . .… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Nov 2021 Learning to Love Recklessly Dorothy Day Whenever I groan within myself and think how hard it is to keep writing about love in these… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Nov 2021 New Revelations Emerge on How Donald Trump Killed 400,000 (or More) Americans David Corn Washington, DC, Bureau Chief, Bio | Follow photo above: President Donald Trump at a coronavirus task force briefing at… Editor No Comments
Food 16 Nov 2021 Announcing: “First Nations Version An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament” WN: The Lord's Prayer in this version is beautiful! Please view its reading below. A few sample passages follow the… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Nov 2021 Paper and Story: “The Sex Offender as Scapegoat” John 12:20 - 33; John 11:49-52: 49But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Nov 2021 Thoughts on: “White People Explain Racism to Me” By Elie Mystal Twitter November 15, 2021 photo above: (Fizkes / Shutterstock) WN: We Whites, lacking the lifelong experiences described… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Nov 2021 Commentary on: “Gomez, painting Catholics as victims, goes after his woke oppressors” Nov 10, 2021 by Thomas Reese, Religion News Service Opinion Politics photo above: Wikipedia WN: I felt gobsmacked by the… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Nov 2021 Who Knew Being Silent With Monks Could Be So Liberating? Sarah Sands Nov. 10, 2021 photo above: Education Images WN: Beautifully written: the deafening joy of silence . . .… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Nov 2021 Two Comedic Takes on Climate Change; One Challenging Renewables WN: The first two are funny, making generous use of a beautiful smiling face and the word f**k and related.… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Nov 2021 Jordan Peterson: Sic et Non WN: Ron has been a longstanding friend--over many decades. I've been privileged to work with him on writing projects; read… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Nov 2021 Passages to New Life Now & Then Podcast In this week's episode of Henri Nouwen, Now & Then, author and artist Carol A. Berry reveals how Vincent… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Nov 2021 Announcement of “Hit CS Lewis biopic ‘The Most Reluctant Convert’ highlights author’s dramatic conversion” CP Entertainment | Monday, November 08, 2021 By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post Editor photo above: “The Most Reluctant Convert: The… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Nov 2021 The Horror of: “ ‘It’s being abused by an entire belief system’: a haunting film on sexual abuse by Catholic clergy” David Smith in Washington; @smithinamerica Tue 9 Nov 2021 WN: The dreadfulness of ‘It’s being abused by an entire belief… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Nov 2021 Wisdom: “Thoughts on Freedom” Life; Thanksgiving and Gratitude; Theology November 9, 2021 WN: The last lines of the meditation below are beautiful: Let… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Nov 2021 Consider: “U.S. Covid Deaths Get Even Redder” By David Leonhardt Nov. 8, 2021 photo above: Image by torstensimon from Pixabay WN: This remains consistent everywhere: vaccinations save… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Nov 2021 Walter Wink & “The Myth of Redemptive Violence” November 8, 2021 by Robert Koehler WN: The author of the highlighted article below is right on. For background to… Editor No Comments
Blog Slum zone in Caracas city, Venezuela capital 07 Nov 2021 The European Union makes a policy play in Venezuela. by Anthony Faiola with Claire Parker photo above: istockphoto.com WN: Just as the "free press" is that only for the… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Nov 2021 Reflections on “Drone Strikes and Torture Will Cause Big Blowback” November 5, 2021 by Brian Cloughley photo above: AK Rockefeller – CC BY 2.0 WN: It is ominous to read… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Nov 2021 Irrelevant Saints By Terence Sweeney November 1, 2021 WN: A great challenge to everyday sainthood. excerpts: hen I made my First Communion,… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Nov 2021 Highlighting: ” ‘Our ecological crisis is fundamentally a moral one’: Catholic Climate Covenant’s new executive director hopes to inspire care for creation” Sarah Vincent November 4, 2021 photo above: Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash WN: Hope! excerpts: Pope Francis is not… Editor No Comments
Blog Pope Francis and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas embrace during an audience at the Vatican Nov. 4, 2021. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) 04 Nov 2021 Pope Francis meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Gerard O’Connell November 04, 2021 photo above: Pope Francis and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas embrace during an audience at the… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Nov 2021 If we’d listened to Cardinal Bernardin, the Catholic Church would not be so divided today Steven P. Millies November 04, 2021 photo above: Cardinal Joseph Bernardin speaks with reporters on the steps of his Chicago… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Nov 2021 Highlighting “Absolute Carbon Reduction Is an ‘Issue of Life and Death’ for Indigenous Peoples” By Amy Goodman Juan González, Democracy Now! Published November 2, 2021 photo above: Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Nov 2021 Nearly a Third of Republicans Surveyed Are Ready to Support Violence By Matthew Rozsa, Salon Published November 2, 2021 photo above: aljazeera.com WN: Founder and CEO of PRRI, Robert Jones said:… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Nov 2021 Focus on “I’m With Condoleezza Rice About White Guilt” By John McWhorter image above: Michael Morris WN: The writer makes a compelling case . . . excerpt: I… Editor No Comments