What I am most intrigued about in regard to the pet-blessing upswing is the quickness with which it has become detached from its origins in the feast of Francis, and how the world of pet-related commerce seems to have led it along.
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Author: Alan Hommerding
Book Review: Music, Theology, and Justice
Though the book’s primary focus is music, its two partners imbue the entirety of the essays.
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Memorial at the Dojo
One thing that united all my Summer 2018 deaths was that all of the individuals (or their mourners) belonged to the ecclesial categories of “none” or “done” that we have become familiar with.
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Reclaiming . . . Who? (A Crisis in Christology)
Discussing this matter with a faithful/dutiful Roman Catholic friend, he asked, “Do our bishops even believe in Christ?”
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The Trinity: This Time It’s Personal
How do we take all of our Trinitarian doxa (glory) -logy (speaking) and use it to make our very lives a glory-speaking, a glory-bearing, a glory-bringing for others and for the world?
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Creation, Salvation, Eucharist, Sunday: Let Earth be Glad!
I eventually came to hear in the recounting of that marvelous Genesis story the essence of the Resurrection: that the heart of God desires nothing more than light and life and love.
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The Lenten Bucket List
Ultimately, I believe there is one item on the discipleship bucket list: to be a more faithful disciple. Everything else is frosting, or gravy (neither of which I’ve given up for Lent), or what have you.
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The Social and Religious Context That Made Billy Graham Possible, and a Future Billy Graham Impossible
“[T]he Christian church in America isn’t immune to the forces shaping the rest of public life.”
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Liturgical Composers’ Forum Celebrates Its Twentieth Anniversary
Attendees are invited to submit new (not published) pieces ahead of time, which are then anonymously reviewed by the group. After each, an opportunity is given for comment and/or critique by the whole group.
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Disciples, not merely exegetes
As it is easier to build monuments than to build a better world, it is far easier to be an exegete than a disciple.
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