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A Bumpy Ride–The Breech & The Turning, Part 3

by Cari Donaldson March 21, 2012

Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of Cari Donaldson’s conversion story, “The Breech & The Turning.”  Click here for the first installment; and here for the second installment.
My first church experience in more than three years was lovely. …

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Hypothesis or Theorem? Evolution, Global Warming and Multiple Universes

by David Clayton March 16, 2012

How understanding the difference between hypothesis and theorem can often enable us to assess the validity of these proposals. There is a video produced by the Discovery Institute called Darwin’s Dilemma that discusses how recently observed scientific data raises doubts…

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This Sunday’s Readings

by Gayle Somers February 22, 2012

Gospel (Read Mk 1:12-15)
In one of the lectionary’s shortest Gospel readings, St. Mark describes the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry.  Right after His baptism by John in the Jordan, “the Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and He…

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The End of the Affair

by William Fahey February 17, 2012

It is officially over. I should admit that publicly, shameful and embarrassing though it may be.

It pains me to think back over these years. When I first met her I cannot exactly recall (I had heard her name before…

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Child Sacrifice in 21st Century America

by George Weigel February 2, 2012

The Hebrew Bible is not for the squeamish. And its harshest maledictions are called down upon those who practiced the abomination of child-sacrifice.
Thus the Psalmist:
“They sacrificed their sons and daughters to the demons/they poured out innocent blood, the…

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The Blessings of Captivity

by Theresa Doyle-Nelson November 7, 2011

Among the 13 epistles of the New Testament attributed to Paul (14, if you include Hebrews), five of them were written when Paul was imprisoned. These five letters: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon, and 2 Timothy can remind Christians how even…

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