• Children Of Our God – And Of Our Elders

  Faith-wise, I was lucky and drew a long straw. My parents and the significant elders in my youth, while not perfect, walked their talk, at least essentially so. They raised

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• Moving On

  As a columnist, I rarely write about what is actually happening in my own life, given that my opinions already betray more than enough. I suspect that people who read

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• The Reality of God

  God does not cease to exist just because we do not think about him. Ruth Burrows, in a recent book, points this out by presenting us with the following image: 

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• Our Children and the Church

  “I have three kids. They don’t go to church regularly, but they’ve all turned out to be good adults, persons I can be proud of. All of them are caring,

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• Love Is The Eye

  Hugo of St. Victor once expressed an entire hermeneutics with a single line – love is the eye. Part of us that knows exactly what he means by that and

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• Inculturation – The Present Struggle

  There is no argument about its importance. Everyone agrees that one of the biggest religious struggles we face today as churches, especially in the first world, is that of inculturation.

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• Solidarity With The Poor

  A couple of years ago, I witnessed an exchange between two of my colleagues, both priests. They had been having a rather spirited discussion, over drinks, and personalities and values

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• Social Justice and Pop Icons

  If one looks for what is wrong with society, one need not look far. A single image provides a whole commentary: We have rich athletes, making millions of dollars, asking

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• Recognizing Him In The Spilling Of The Wine

  Somebody once suggested that the words of scripture are like musical scores, mute of themselves, but alive when someone actually plays them. This is especially true of those texts in

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• Overcoming Anger – The Final Spiritual Struggle

  As a young man, Nikos Kazantzakis once sought spiritual guidance from a renowned master, an old monk named Father Makarios. In his autobiography, he describes a conversation he had with

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