The other
In reflecting on my post “Romans 12” and the comments, which are the most any of my posts have ever generated, I feel the need not to clarify but to further examine more of what and how I think. I…
Romans 12
Today’s news of a terrorist plot to down up to ten airliners traveling to the United States is very troubling. How can we stop such events from occurring? Conventional wisdom and especially conventional political wisdom seems to favor the fostering…
A listening heart
“Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning.” –David Steindl-Rast
The Myth of Redemptive Violence
Today’s news seemed to be filled with justification for the continuing war on terror. Pundits like Bill O’Reilly were even calling for a limited draft. There’s humor in that Bill himself dodged the draft during Vietnam, but I’m digressing from…
The Dilbert Solution
I’m a regular reader of the Dilbert Blog. It’s more fun than reading the news and it’s probably nearly as accurate. There is no pretense that Scott Adams is anything more or less than a cartoon editor and publisher unlike…
Love for the other
I came across a really thoughtful piece written by an author I’d never read before and I think it is worth sharing. Certainly from the beginning, strangers could be dangerous. They could be part of a raiding party, or loners…
More Light: 9th of August
Thank you to Paula at More Light for this posting. Nagasaki and Hiroshima continue to be blights on the American consciousness. We as a nation are still in denial of the consequences of our own anger. My own mother, a…
Dixie Chicks
Remember back in 2003 when the Dixie Chicks dissed the president? I do. I hadn’t paid any attention to those ladies up until then. I had to admire these young ladies who stood up for what they believed in. It…
Pro-life?
When I was at Auriesville on Saturday I stood in front of a large memorial to the pro-life movement. It had the seal of a diocese I think and many endorsements from local Knights of Columbus chapters. As I looked…
Auriesville
I’ve been visting Auriesville Shrine since I was a young boy. My Mom brought me here first. Four of my cousins were Jesuit priests. They were missionaries in South America. I never met them. Their father was the obstetrician who…