History shows us that human rites and religions get old patterns set very deeply in their bones—which is both a strength and weakness.
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History shows us that human rites and religions get old patterns set very deeply in their bones—which is both a strength and weakness.
Read more[T]here were some who were certain the translation would drive people from the pews in droves, while others were filled with an equal amount of certitude that its language would bring numerous members back.
Read moreThe prayer of the Church, however, remains central and crucial at every time, and so—even if filed away for a future day—we need to keep evaluating the resources we offer people for sung prayer.
Read morePerhaps this in-Spirit-ing feast of Pentecost can give the Body of Christ the Voice of the Spirit to oppose, address, and work to end the insane divisions and violence that come from differences in language, race, nationality, and ways of life.
Read moreAfter Easter II is over, the glorious wounds of Christ sort of vanish from our Easter celebrations. It’s almost as though we believe that the Resurrection erased the Crucifixion.
Read moreBlessed are you, Believing Thomas, in whom we often see our twin: absent, defiant, demanding, accepting, faith-filled.
Read moreI’ve mistaken my relatively consistent faithfulness to Lenten disciplines as truly “Lenting” during that forty-day stretch of life.
Read moreThe Word became flesh, and came to dwell among us.
Read moreI still search for these sorts of “lenses” to help me view and understand Lent anew, as I participate in its trinity of disciplines, along with whatever other spiritual or physical discipline I’ve chosen.
Read moreA desire for clarity and truth may be what brings Jesus to the Jordan, because he lives in a crazy world where both are in short supply.
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