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Posted on Monday November 3rd, 2008 at 19:38 in 2008 election, abortion, Barack Obama, futile care, john mccain, roe v wade, tax plan, taxes, vote your faith
Long ago, I wrote about the challenge of voting our faith in today's society.I've thought long and hard about this post today, because this isn't a political blog, and because I know that what I have to say here will not be popular with some of my re...
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Posted on Saturday June 7th, 2008 at 14:44 in conversion of mexico, juan diego, our lady of guadalupe
I have a confession to make.I've always found Mary a bit intimidating.Crazy, I know, but there's something about her being the only human who ever lived without sin that's always made me feel like she couldn't possibly help but frown on the rest of u...
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Posted on Saturday May 10th, 2008 at 14:13 in conversion, penance, punishment, value of punishment
I wrote this post nearly a year ago and never posted it. I started out to say "I don't know why" at the end of that sentence, but I don't think that would be entirely accurate. I think that I never posted it because it was uncomfortable, because it...
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Posted on Wednesday April 16th, 2008 at 21:47
This evening, my daughter told me over dinner that she was worried about one of her friends. She's in middle school, so of course a lot of frightening possibilities sprang to mind at once, both about the kids and their families. She has a friend in...
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Posted on Thursday March 6th, 2008 at 14:57 in deceptive trade practices, evil, jesus christ, Payday Loans
I was always bothered, when I was working in the city, by the people on the street who held up pictures of Christ while they begged, who wrote Bible verses on their signs. It seemed exploitative to me; I was less likely to give them money than to th...