Branching out, making choices
Yesterday I talked about a bigger understanding of free will, and I want to take it a bit further. I do think God has certain things He would like to happen, but my new understanding is that it’s not as…
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Free will, bananas, and the open road
I’m coming to a new understanding of “free will,” and it’s a bit bigger than I anticipated. Most of us are introduced to the concept of “free will” as the ability to make a good decision. You’re a bit hungry…
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The ripple effect
My Patient Husband had an offsite meeting which involved folks from his previous job as well as his current job. One woman from his previous job flagged him down and said, “Since you were involved in all the other important…
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Since we’re all still here…
Since we’re all still here, let’s get to work. There are still hungry people to feed, the sick and dying to pray for, and sad people to comfort. I’m praying in a special way today for everyone deceived by the…
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Christians Staying Behind
The following appeared in The Wittenburg Door; they have since closed up shop and the reprint rights are mine, so I’m reprinting it here on the grounds that it seems appropriate, considering the tumult over the May 21st people. Right…
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Just put it on my tab {sigh}
I’ve already said on here that I don’t think May 21st is going to be the Rapture. In fact, I don’t believe there will be a Rapture at all. Therefore let’s assume Saturday comes and I get Raptured. That’s pretty…
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for a way out
Two days ago, I posted about how it struck me that while I certainly never liked bin Laden, I also had never prayed for him to convert from embracing violence to embracing peace and compassionate understanding. Since then I’ve tried…
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At risk of getting flamed on my own blog, which is always fun, I’m not “overjoyed” or celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden. You’ll note I’m not saying he didn’t deserve to die, or we shouldn’t have killed him….
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Parallel worlds
My Patient Husband and I split the Triduum liturgies because most of them start at 7:30pm, about the same time two of our four Kiddos are shutting down for the day. This year, he got Holy Thursday and Friday stations,…
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Pray for peach (a deep theological conundrum)
Last week at the Catholic Writers Conference Online, I’d sign into the chat room during early mornings for the virtual prayer group. We’d type the sign of the cross (+) and then the prayer leader would post a prayer, and…
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