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What makes one a Christian? How should Christian life be lived? Who decides what Christianity is? What did Jesus mean by the Kingdom of God? How can I grow in faith, love, and holiness?

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Attack and Defense

Attack and Defense

July 16, 2012
Bekah
Personal Experience

There is a very real war happening, and we have placed ourselves on the front lines. Something is happening; something is shifting in such a way as to draw out vicious, open attacks.

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The Test 3

The Test 3

June 15, 2012
Bekah
Personal Experience

Years after my first tentative steps into communion with the Saints, I found myself alone, in the middle of the night, driving through a snow…

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CLARITY:Love and Gold

CLARITY:Love and Gold

June 14, 2012
Steven Thomas
Reflection

I think these two things are the most similar of all things, that is, in how human beings pursue them.  Everyone would like to have them…

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holy family

The Test 2

June 14, 2012
Bekah
Personal Experience

Not long after we moved into our new home, I developed acute mastitis suddenly in the middle of the night. Newly pregnant, I was uncomfortable…

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broken bonds

Living Free

June 8, 2012
Bekah
Reflection

I like rules.  Rules give me order, regularity, firm principles and guidance.  I mentioned before that I have often begun my Lenten observance with a…

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St. Louis Cathedral

Clarity 6

June 8, 2012
Steven Thomas
Reflection

OK, mop in hand.  Now what?  Start cleaning kids; know your limitations. How to clean–where can I start?  Let’s start with ourselves.  Can I will…

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Awaken

Awaken

June 6, 2012
Steven Thomas
Editor's Choice

There’s this part in Dune that I would like to take hold of as ours in faith, oh children of Abraham, “The sleeper has awakened!”…

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wind turbine

More fantastic tales of Conversion 4

May 30, 2012
Steven Thomas
Conversion Stories, Steve's Conversion

 Building on the topic that we are always being converted, I wish to share a vision I had just over a year ago that I…

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rosary

Prayer Begets Silence

May 28, 2012
Bekah
Practice

I mentioned before that I didn’t have the energy to pursue great spiritual endeavors this past Lent, and chose the simplicity of just tuning my…

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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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