The Archive

Day: December 11, 2010

Christmas Wars spread to commuters in NYC

December 11, 2010 9 Comments

The Catholic League and the American Atheists are duking it out on either side of the Lincoln Tunnel this year.

Saturday Collection 12/11/2010

December 11, 2010 1 Comment

This week’s Saturday collection features a parish pet, a personal account of one parish’s involvement in sheltering homeless families, and another parish’s 100 year observance of yearly tradition.

Marriage in America much more common among educated

December 11, 2010 8 Comments

A new study done by a group associated with the University of Virginia correlates marriage with poverty levels in the U.S. What the study finds

Are there limits to protest speech?

December 11, 2010 33 Comments

Fred Phelps’ disciples from Westboro Baptist have announced their intention to picket Elizabeth Edwards’ funeral this weekend. Steve Shriffen suggests that there should be legal distinction drawn between speech made in the public arena and speech that is effectively a private attack:

Doesn’t Jesus want good people like us for friends?

December 11, 2010 9 Comments

Jesus draws people by surprise because his stories are of characters his listeners wouldn’t want to hear about. But my hunch as a writer, storyteller, and ‘theater director’ in these improvisations I’ve seen is that Jesus crafted stories about characters he liked.

God’s future

December 11, 2010 No Comments

God’s future is not that he will be as he was and is, but that he is on the move and coming towards the world. God’s Being is in his coming, not in his becoming. If it were in his becoming, then it would also be in his passing away.