Year: 2013

The right to remain silent but should you?

I know I have the right to remain silent … but should I? The ship of silence has sailed for me. As a follower of one who came embodying peace and healing for a hurting world, I feel compelled to speak out and encourage each of us to keep asking, “Where are the guns coming from?” Then let’s dare to wonder and pray for guidance for doing something about it!

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Rules on Eucharistic sharing could be relaxed

The Roman Catholic co-chair of the Third Anglican/Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC III) has expressed his personal view that, seeing how in 1993 certain relaxations were made in the Vatican’s rules on eucharistic sharing, further relaxation is possible.

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Saving humanity and the earth

“There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. My belief is that the world and our life in it are conditional gifts.” Wendell Berry

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Meat v. Carbs

Monday, October 7, 2013 — Week of Proper 22, Year One [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including

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Do animals grieve?

Something on the emotions of animals for all who have been celebrating their animals companions and all other animals this weekend. What did your church

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What The Church Health Plan bill would fix in the PPACA

An employee’s loss of incentive to stay in a plan designed with the employee’s profession in mind is an effect that reasonable people might agree is undesirable. The question is, couldn’t employers of other kinds of workers make equally compelling arguments for health plans tailored for their employees’ needs? If so, shouldn’t the church as servant to the community be pursuing a comprehensive fix? Or, if none exists, no fix at all?

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