To Love Fasting
This post is co-authored with Thomas M. Hart, O.S.B., Assistant to the President for Mission, Saint Vincent College. The prayers throughout Lent exhort us to a three-fold practice: prayer, fasting, and works of mercy. We...
Read MoreAuthor: Jason King
Our Lazarus Economy
In Luke’s gospel, Jesus tells the story of the poor man Lazarus. Lazarus lived on the door step of a “rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day.” Daily, this rich man had to walk out...
Read MoreHappy Valentine’s Day! (Or Why I hate Disney’s The Little Mermaid)
On this Valentine’s Day, it is good to reflect on what role romance has in the Christian life. It is not, I think, found in Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Perhaps, I am biased against this movie because I have watched it 50...
Read MoreRenewing the Parish (Part 3): 10 Practices
We need to renew our parishes. In two earlier posts, I argued that our politics and economics often defines us more than the gospel and that the widespread breakdown of community life in our culture makes it difficult for...
Read MorePorn – A Postscript
In my previous post, I noted that pornography is a kind of story, promoting and advocating a certain way for people to relate sexually. (Sociologists would call it a “script”, a cultural narrative that people rely on to make...
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