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Rise and Lower With the Tide

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By George Pence (guest contributor)– My grandmother, Thelma Pence, was a stalwart in a charismatically charged congregation of holy rollers. Yet my parents were more secular people who frequented an…

A Catholic Looks at Christian Science

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By Gary Topping– One of my grandmothers was a Christian Scientist.  I remember when I was a kid she used to explain it to me and extol its virtues, but…

Love is more important than politics

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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Love is one of the most oft-repeated and enduring messages from the Bible. The Twenty Third Psalm poetically illustrates God’s love for us as a cup…

A Few Thoughts on Death

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By Nick Blaylock– With respects to All Saints Day and All Souls Day… I cannot more respectfully talk about death than by shutting up. We are all becoming part of…

Saints- Average Human Beings Trying to be Better

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By Jean Welch Hill– Several years ago, I purchased Robert Ellsberg’s All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time.  Over the course of the year learning…

Thrills and Chills at the Family Graveyard

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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– My family, or at least recent versions of it, includes many wanderers. As a result, the closest thing I have to a family cemetery, a repository…

On the narrow path of wisdom and wonder

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By Deacon Scott Dodge– I read a post this morning in which the author, who I gather is something of a post-Christian Christian, writes about taking an apophatic approach to…