You could call it one of my earliest experiences of scripture study—Sister James recounting the story of Cain and Abel for our third grade religion class.
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Today’s find: Raising Cain
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Tags: Abel, Cain, Mercy, Raising Cain, Semi-pelagianism
Today’s find: Dogmeat
I’m not particularly keen to disclose this: If you poke around my iPod music library long enough, you’ll find not one, not two but three ‘Tom Jones’ tracks.
Yes, THAT Tom Jones.
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Tags: Did Trouble Me, Dogmeat, Syrophoenician Woman, Tom Jones
Today’s find: Best-laid plans
Ever have one of those days when nothing seemed to go according to your plan?
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Tags: Best Laid Plans, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Integral Christianity
Today’s find: Of cops & conversions
I’ll admit: I’m a bit of a sucker for police dramas and whodunits.
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Tags: Catherine Cawood, Happy Valley, Netflix
Today’s find: Candlemas
Candlemas came a little early this year at our parish.
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Tags: ACTS Missions St. Louis, ACTS Retreat, Candlemas, Simeon, This Little Light of Mine
Today’s find: Capstone
Today, we mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Merton—a uniquely American saint, the patron saint of contradiction: ‘famous monk.’
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Tags: Abbey of Gethsemani, Echoing Silence, Gethsemani, Merton, Seeds of Contemplation, Thomas Merton
Today’s find: The passing order
Footnotes and throw-away lines can sometimes be the most fruitful parts of scripture study for me.
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Tags: Letter to Hebrews, Letter to Timothy, New American Bible, New order, Old order, St. Paul
Today’s find: Wonders
You’d think people would be OK with miracles and wonders, but that’s not always the case.
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Tags: Mighty Deeds, Miracles, The Brothers Karamazov, The Idea Factory, Wonders
Today’s find: Hierarchy
I heard the oddest thing from a Roman Catholic bishop this morning: He encouraged me (and about 100 or so fellow parishioners) to develop “a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.”
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Tags: Bishop Hermann, Evangelical Catholic, Evangelization, Hierarchy
Today’s find: Poppy seed bagel
My simple breakfast—poppy seed bagel, slathered in cream cheese—stirred up a lovely memory this morning.
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Tags: Canticle of Zechariah, Pius XII Library, Poppy seed bagel, SLU, Soul food
