Monthly Archives: January 2012

“Why do Catholics not evangelize”?

A dear friend forwarded me an email from retired priest who was a missionary in Africa.  He was seeking dialogue on the following questions around a statistic he found that suggested “20 Million” Catholics have left the Church in the United States in … Continue reading

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“God Initiates, We Respond”

That’s what my good friend Bert said last evening in a meeting of brothers. I’m fortunate to have a number of “credentialed” friends. Bert’s one of them. Deacon Henry with his “ladder” from Heaven is another. Then there’s Fr. Richard, … Continue reading

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a late Christmas thought about intimacy

…written on the fifth day in the Octave of Christmas Have this mind in yourselves, which is in Christ Jesus, who though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped … Continue reading

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Response to a Richard Rohr blog on christian conservatives

I share Fr. Richard’s mistrust of christian conservatism.  However, I fear painting christian conservatism with such a broad brush indicts many christian conservatives that may only be guilty of drinking the kool aid they are being fed by their christian … Continue reading

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Christian Conservatives seldom Conserve the Real Tradition

Christian Conservatives seldom Conserve the Real Tradition.

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A comment on “Who frames your Universe”, Fr. Richard Rohr

A quick thought about all those “always on the side of money and power” is that they’re stuck in the first half of life. They find some success in a leadership position and they never look back, they never need … Continue reading

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Who frames your universe?

Who frames your universe?.

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