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Monthly Archives: January 2012
on Throwing Stones, letters to an unworthy cleric and his publisher
I read your work twice because at first I thought I was misunderstanding some rhetorical trick. Most unhappily, I realized I was gazing upon an act of grossest ignorance. I am certain that you had to spend several years in … Continue reading
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on Human Sexuality
Allow me to make a few notes regarding your paper. In your opening argument I deeply felt the absence of a statement that the Scriptures present a culturally conditioned presentation of sexuality, one conditioned toward a patriarchal society wherein sexuality … Continue reading
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on Sexuality
Some argue we must be faithful to tradition. Are we, however, being faithful to the Spirit? God does not go about creating the past, but the future. God is always making something “new”. We can follow God into that “new”, … Continue reading
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on Repentance and Advent
I am aware that the penitential nature of Advent is under question, if not attack. More and more the churches are listening to the world and pushing back the celebration of Christmas into this season. In the 4th century the … Continue reading
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on the Church Calendar and Prayer
The church year is a type of spiritual journey. It begins in the repentance of Advent and is consoled in the gift of Emmanuel, God with us. But to be with God is not the end but a new beginning. … Continue reading
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on Liturgy as spiritual exercise and the ills of heterodoxy 2
We live in a world so flooded with information that the powers of rational and spiritual integration are often in danger of dissolving into either vision-less tolerance or blinded bigotry. There is a need for dialogue, reflection, and logic. The … Continue reading
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on Liturgy as spiritual exercise and the ills of heterodoxy 1
Allow me to begin with the thesis I have provided in another place. Liturgy is a discipline. It is a discipline both in the sense of an organized body of knowledge, and in the sense of a training exercise that … Continue reading
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