Christmas Makes Bethlehem a “City-Symbol of Peace”
To all those praying for peace in the world but especially in the Middle East, the Pope’s words today have rich meaning. From Zenit: Noting the prophecies regarding the town…
A Home Run…in More Ways Than One
A h/t to our favorite Deacon for this gem from the Responsibility Project from Liberty Mutual. http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Unfriending Facebook? A Spiritual Challenge
I can’t really understand the point here: From Today’s NY Times: Facebook, the popular networking site, has 350 million members worldwide who, collectively, spend 10 billion minutes there every day,…
Is Your Christmas Tree Up Yet?
The Pope loves Christmas Trees…thus sayeth Zenit The Christmas tree — with its journey from a dark forest to the brilliance of decorative lights — represents every Christian, called to…
You Are Going To Die…Perhaps in the Pulpit…
…if this guy keeps this up. This video really sickened me because of the arrogance of the preacher. I like the fact that he at least pointed the finger at…
The Green Pope
“How can one remain indifferent in the face of problems such as climate change, desertification, the degradation and loss of productivity in vast agricultural areas, the pollution of rivers and…
Generation Lost?
Interesting. And a h/t to my main man, A Concord Pastor. http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Feels Like Home To Me
The Atlantic Monthly’s Daily Dish has this to say about my new hometown. Buffalo” (NY) and “beauty” do not normally occur in the same sentence. We’re talking about a city…
Advent: All About Commitment
I recently did an evening on discernment at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee which about 40 young adult attended. I mentioned briefly that fidelity was a virtue that we can…
Proverbial Wisdom: Who Have We Forgotten?
“The LORD permits not the just to hunger, but the craving of the wicked he thwarts.” -Proverbs 10:3 Hmmm..the homeless and the starving might have something to say about this…but…