Stephen Colbert on a Christian Nation
Sometimes satire just sums it up so nicely…
Read MorePosted by Thomas Bushlack | Sep 27, 2011 | Current Events |
Sometimes satire just sums it up so nicely…
Read MorePosted by Thomas Bushlack | Sep 26, 2011 | Current Events, From the Field |
I ended my last post with the phrase, “We [Christians] have so much more to offer [to political discourses]…” In reflecting upon my own words, and my own convictions, it occurs to me that it is all too easy as...
Read MorePosted by John Berkman | Sep 25, 2011 | Lectionary |
(NB: This is a homily given once previously ten years ago, in 2001) Lesson: Ecclesiastes 3:18-22, Psalm 104: 10-30 (selections) It is my pleasure and honor to address you on this beautiful day. It is my first opportunity...
Read MorePosted by David Cloutier | Sep 23, 2011 | Current Events |
Many discussions about Catholic social justice use the term “subsidiarity” as code for “libertarian individualism” – it is as if “solidarity” just looks too imposing, and we need something to balance it out. So we use...
Read MorePosted by Emily Reimer-Barry | Sep 22, 2011 | Current Events |
I join other people of faith in mourning the death of Troy Davis, who was killed by lethal injection in Jackson, Georgia tonight. Davis had been convicted of the 1989 killing of off-duty police officer Mark MacPhail. One of the...
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