This image is for those of us who plot our commute based on chunks of loose asphalt, who strategically drive in the breakdown lane, and who regularly dodge gaping holes in the pavement wide enough to swallow several adult male raccoons.
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This image is for those of us who plot our commute based on chunks of loose asphalt, who strategically drive in the breakdown lane, and who regularly dodge gaping holes in the pavement wide enough to swallow several adult male raccoons.
Read moreLongtime archbishop of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Daniel M. Buechlein, died this morning in Saint Meinrad, Indiana. He served as Indianapolis’ archbishop from 1992-2011, at
Read moreIs it possible to have a Church with open doors, or do we need to keep our city churches barred? Is an “open door” simply a theological key, or an eschatological image, with no ground in reality in our modern world?
Read moreThe incarnation has never been so real to me as when I’ve held my own infant daughter—our little in-the-flesh gift of God.
Read moreSometimes strange things happen…like pumpkins and pine trees and palms…all in the same weekend. Is there a saying about “loving the liturgists and hating the liturgical faux pas”?
Read moreWhat happens when women are involved with liturgy? According to a 2015 article, when females are involved with liturgy, we get bad liturgy.
Read moreWhat perfectionist ever stopped after completing a task and actually acknowledged what he or she did was GOOD? EVER?
Read moreI can think of no worse idea than throwing hundreds of introverts in a schmancy conference hotel and asking them to socialize!
Read moreCatherine Vincie’s Celebrating Divine Mystery: A Primer in Liturgical Theology, should be included on the reading list of any pastoral minister, particularly in the Roman Catholic tradition.
Read moreI was asked by a student today, “I just don’t understand why we need to have organ repertoire. When would you ever use it?” I stared at the student, confounded, dumbfounded. And then I had an intense moment of Catholic soul-searching. How many Catholics would understand why you’d want to have organ repertoire—how many Catholics ever do hear actual repertoire in the course of a liturgical celebration?
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