Comments for Googling God http://googlinggod.com Because we're all searching to unite with the divine Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:09:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on Is There a Communications Director in the House? by Fr. Larry Rice http://googlinggod.com/2012/01/26/is-there-a-communications-director-in-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-17714 Fr. Larry Rice Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:09:09 +0000 http://googlinggod.com/?p=4942#comment-17714 {sigh} Communications 101: Never, in any public statement, reference Hitler, Nazis, or the Klan. Never. Do. This. Any questions, class? {sigh} Communications 101: Never, in any public statement, reference Hitler, Nazis, or the Klan. Never. Do. This. Any questions, class?

]]> Comment on Are People with Mental Illness Overmedicated? by JK http://googlinggod.com/2010/05/07/are-people-with-mental-illness-overmedicated/comment-page-1/#comment-17689 JK Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:52:28 +0000 http://googlinggod.com/?p=2514#comment-17689 Thank you for posting this. I've been recently diagnosed as being depressed and am not haveing the best support system from my husband. He says that we're all too over medicated, and I want to find research stating otherwise. Thank you for posting this. I’ve been recently diagnosed as being depressed and am not haveing the best support system from my husband. He says that we’re all too over medicated, and I want to find research stating otherwise.

]]> Comment on She Will Go Lord, If You Lead Her by Julianne http://googlinggod.com/2012/01/16/she-will-go-lord-if-you-lead-her/comment-page-1/#comment-17598 Julianne Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:42:46 +0000 http://googlinggod.com/?p=4917#comment-17598 Thanks Mike! You won't be rid of me too easily though...we still will have to survive vicariate meetings together! Please know that I'll be keeping UBCatholic in my prayers as I move on...my time was short with you guys, but I'm better for it! Peace and all good! Thanks Mike! You won’t be rid of me too easily though…we still will have to survive vicariate meetings together! Please know that I’ll be keeping UBCatholic in my prayers as I move on…my time was short with you guys, but I’m better for it! Peace and all good!

]]> Comment on Atheist Billboard: Hate Crime Against Christians? by GodGoogler http://googlinggod.com/2011/11/30/atheist-billboard-hate-crime-against-christians/comment-page-1/#comment-17596 GodGoogler Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:28:27 +0000 http://googlinggod.com/?p=4673#comment-17596 Yes because no other religion other than Christianity has done evil. And all those Catholic hospitals never made a contribution. Oh yeah, the monks who printed all those books and the religious women who opened schools and Mother Teresa who fed the poor and cared for the dying--they were all so awful. #sarcasm. Yes because no other religion other than Christianity has done evil. And all those Catholic hospitals never made a contribution. Oh yeah, the monks who printed all those books and the religious women who opened schools and Mother Teresa who fed the poor and cared for the dying–they were all so awful. #sarcasm.

]]> Comment on Atheist Billboard: Hate Crime Against Christians? by Dave http://googlinggod.com/2011/11/30/atheist-billboard-hate-crime-against-christians/comment-page-1/#comment-17572 Dave Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:36:11 +0000 http://googlinggod.com/?p=4673#comment-17572 Some people hate Christians because a lot of Christians are mean and assholes. No offense, but some are pretty nice. Others aren't. Christianity is just a hateful religion and there would not be so much prejudice in the world if Christianity never existed. Some people hate Christians because a lot of Christians are mean and assholes. No offense, but some are pretty nice. Others aren’t. Christianity is just a hateful religion and there would not be so much prejudice in the world if Christianity never existed.

]]> Comment on Are You Lonely? by N http://googlinggod.com/2012/01/06/are-you-lonely/comment-page-1/#comment-17509 N Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:56:09 +0000 http://googlinggod.com/?p=4896#comment-17509 I have to admit I've gotten into the habit of avoiding eye contact with the homeless, although here in San Francisco it's almost a necessary habit just to make it down the street in a timely manner. I don't think people realize how serious the problem is here. I have to pass at least a dozen homeless people in the few blocks it takes to walk from my apartment to the grocery store. The majority of them are either meth heads or mentally ill, too, which means making eye contact can be a dangerous business. And that's in one of the most desireable neighborhoods in SF. Forget about the Haight or the Mission or the Tenderloin (which, no way would I walk through anyway, not in broad daylight at high noon, not for anything). Maybe that makes me a bad person, but we're suffering from homeless fatigue around here. Maybe if other cities' solution to their homeless problem wasn't to give 'em $50 and a one-way Greyhound ticket to SF, that wouldn't be the case, but they do so it is. I have to admit I’ve gotten into the habit of avoiding eye contact with the homeless, although here in San Francisco it’s almost a necessary habit just to make it down the street in a timely manner. I don’t think people realize how serious the problem is here. I have to pass at least a dozen homeless people in the few blocks it takes to walk from my apartment to the grocery store. The majority of them are either meth heads or mentally ill, too, which means making eye contact can be a dangerous business. And that’s in one of the most desireable neighborhoods in SF. Forget about the Haight or the Mission or the Tenderloin (which, no way would I walk through anyway, not in broad daylight at high noon, not for anything).

Maybe that makes me a bad person, but we’re suffering from homeless fatigue around here. Maybe if other cities’ solution to their homeless problem wasn’t to give ‘em $50 and a one-way Greyhound ticket to SF, that wouldn’t be the case, but they do so it is.

]]> Comment on Are You Lonely? by Michelle http://googlinggod.com/2012/01/06/are-you-lonely/comment-page-1/#comment-17493 Michelle Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:11:08 +0000 http://googlinggod.com/?p=4896#comment-17493 I wrote <a href="http://quantumtheology.blogspot.com/2011/06/column-courageous-hospitality.html" rel="nofollow"> a column for the diocesan paper</a> about my failings in this regard last summer. There is a dignity even in saying, this is not help I can give. It made me think of this line in a poem by John O'Donohue: May you find in yourself a courageous hospitality... Thanks for the reminder to continue to be willing to see, not turn away, from Christ in this distressing guise. I wrote a column for the diocesan paper about my failings in this regard last summer. There is a dignity even in saying, this is not help I can give. It made me think of this line in a poem by John O’Donohue: May you find in yourself a courageous hospitality…

Thanks for the reminder to continue to be willing to see, not turn away, from Christ in this distressing guise.

]]> Comment on Jesuit Martyrs in El Salvador…We Remember by What might be the results of Spiritual Direction? How to evaluate the fruits of successful spiritual direction? « Lectio Divina, or daily seeings http://googlinggod.com/2011/11/16/jesuit-martyrs-in-el-salvador-we-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-17440 What might be the results of Spiritual Direction? How to evaluate the fruits of successful spiritual direction? « Lectio Divina, or daily seeings Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:34:34 +0000 http://googlinggod.com/?p=4619#comment-17440 [...] than find concrete ways to address this violence? It is the fruit of good spiritual direction that Jesuits in El Salvador fearlessly opposed drug cartels and got gunned down in the process. If those Jesuits calmly went on [...] [...] than find concrete ways to address this violence? It is the fruit of good spiritual direction that Jesuits in El Salvador fearlessly opposed drug cartels and got gunned down in the process. If those Jesuits calmly went on [...]

]]> Comment on Resolutions 2012 by Briana http://googlinggod.com/2011/12/30/resolutions-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-17395 Briana Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:13:06 +0000 http://googlinggod.com/?p=4877#comment-17395 Mike! I love your dedication... mostly I love the Family Day and also the spiritual direction by Skype (would love to take you up on that... haha). Last year I wrote five resolutions, and I actually accomplished 4 of them fully and the other one mostly. This year I increased my list but I still think they are all doable. I'm excited to see what 2012 brings for both of us! Here's to a MAGIS (more!) kind of year :) Mike! I love your dedication… mostly I love the Family Day and also the spiritual direction by Skype (would love to take you up on that… haha). Last year I wrote five resolutions, and I actually accomplished 4 of them fully and the other one mostly. This year I increased my list but I still think they are all doable. I’m excited to see what 2012 brings for both of us! Here’s to a MAGIS (more!) kind of year :)

]]> Comment on In Vanceburg, Kentucky on an Alternative Break by Kristin http://googlinggod.com/2012/01/02/in-vanceburg-kentucky-on-an-alternative-break/comment-page-1/#comment-17393 Kristin Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:24:23 +0000 http://googlinggod.com/?p=4890#comment-17393 You will all be in my prayers. I led a Campus ministry trip to Glenmary a few years ago and it was great! At first the students were not too thrilled about the no technology and even no watch rule but in the end they all agreed it was very freeing! I know you will have a wonderful experience. Can't wait to hear all about it! You will all be in my prayers. I led a Campus ministry trip to Glenmary a few years ago and it was great! At first the students were not too thrilled about the no technology and even no watch rule but in the end they all agreed it was very freeing! I know you will have a wonderful experience. Can’t wait to hear all about it!

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