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empty pews

Militancy in felt bottomed shoes

June 6, 2012
Guest Authors
Practice, Reflection

Guest post by Owen Swain. A dear friend of mine, a blogger whom I actually met — in our kitchen, over a meal — a…

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Preparing the Church Militant

Preparing the Church Militant

June 6, 2012
Bekah
Reflection

Steve gave me a book yesterday, Exorcism and the Church Militant.  As I began reading today, I immediately encountered this passage, subtitled The Authority of…

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Take up and Read

Take up and Read

June 6, 2012
Steven Thomas
Reflection

…What it did do is challenge me to take up that Catechism again, and this time around nothing would deter me from reading it from…

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sleeping beauty

Clarity 4

June 4, 2012
Steven Thomas
Reflection

Truefaith2 poses some honest tough questions, “If a nominal Catholic doesn’t get that, why blame the Church? Why suggest that there is a ‘grain of…

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A Sixth Sense

A Sixth Sense

June 3, 2012
Guest Authors
Reflection

Guest post by Noah Simmons. About a week ago one of my little sisters approached my dad as our family was “staring at the face…

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crucifixion of St. Peter

Clarity 3

June 3, 2012
Steven Thomas
Reflection

The mask of self-determination can hide under anything, even God, especially God. My will be done, my Kingdom come is present in all of us…

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Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ

June 1, 2012
Steven Thomas
Reflection

My Lord and my God:   My 12 year old son prayed over me yesterday, what a word of encouragement! He said, ”You are an ox…

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crying twin

Who’s Crying?

June 1, 2012
Bekah
Reflection

While Brian and I have eight kids, his brother and sister-in-law have none.  One thing my brother-in-law finds endlessly fascinating is the who’s-crying-now game.  When…

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wine cellar

Virtues; Aged to Perfection

May 26, 2012
Steven Thomas
Reflection

Just an observation from a middle aged man, or at least a few months shy of 40. Within our tradition we have something called the…

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Full circle, sort of

Full circle, sort of

May 25, 2012
Guest Authors
Reflection

Guest post by Owen Swain. Slow? Oh I know, I hear some people adding ponderously slow while others go so far as to be flat…

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