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Blessed Are the Rich In Spirit

There is real poverty in the world, more than we would care to admit. Jesus, after all, told us that the poor would always be with us. But just as all Israel are not Israel, so all the poor are … Continue reading

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Wellness Check

How do you know you’re getting better? The answer may well be a potent clue in determining just how sick you are. A miser, for instance, judges his health precisely by how much wealth he has managed to hoard, the … Continue reading

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We Believe- The Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints

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New Theses, New Reformation

Thesis 28 We must be the bride of Christ. When God the Holy Spirit gives us a metaphor, we do Him a disservice in reducing it down to a mere metaphor. When He describes the church as the bride of … Continue reading

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Why are times so tough right now?

Times are hard. As I write our pandemic has been rudely shoved to the back burner of our collective consciousness. Covid’s destructive side-kick, economic meltdown, is now flying below our radar. Instead our attention, and our fears have zeroed in … Continue reading

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Doubting Thomas & Lisa Joins Me For Life in the Blender

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything

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The Sky Has Fallen

It probably says more about what defines our moments, the television, than the moments themselves, that we keep multiplying defining moments. For my parents’ generation, it was the death of John F. Kennedy. Everyone remembers where they first heard, or … Continue reading

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Conquering the World

Thomas Aquinas was a great gift to the church. He stands among the greatest minds the world has ever known. Which doesn’t mean, of course, that he did not have his flaws. One of which goes to the heart of … Continue reading

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Stone of Destiny; #Jesustoo and More…

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything

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Ask RC-Is my sense of “peace” a good arbiter of right and wrong?

Yes and no. It is all too common among evangelicals who rightly believe the Spirit works in us, for us to use our own internal sense of peace, or a lack thereof, as our own personal moral guide when faced … Continue reading

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