“a few key insights. First, the unconscious parts of the mind are most of the mind, where many of the most impressive feats of thinking take place. Second, emotion is not opposed to reason; our emotions assign value to things and are the basis of reason. Finally, we are not individuals who form relationships. We are social animals”
Christ says: No. I’m not saying I’m a teacher, don’t call me teacher. I’m not saying I’m a prophet. I’m saying: “I’m the Messiah.” I’m saying: “I am God incarnate.”
This week, a lively discussion arose on Facebook off the post about online seminary education. Some spoke in favor of it, others expressed their reservations. What do you think?
These questions from Cynthia B. Astle are ones that should be seeing conversational rotation among the faithful.
“I conclude that same-gender couples have a right to petition the state to have their marriages lawfully recognized and protected.”
Don’t count them as irrelevant: relics of saints, and their reliquaries, reflect our current thinking.
“What the MDGs goes to is the most powerful challenge that exists in the Bible and in which ultimately the claim that the poor you have always with you is actually historically wrong.”
Christ Church Cathedral in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Trinity Wall Street in New York have announced a $500,000 joint matching gift to the Episcopal Church’s Rebuild Our Church in Haiti appeal. The grant, meant as a challenge to other congregations involved in the campaign to fund reconstruction of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Now “booty,” a word that sets off snickers in Sunday school, will be replaced by the “spoils” of war when the newest edition of the New American Bible, the English-language Catholic Bible, comes out on Ash Wednesday, March 9.
Sometimes we put someone in a position and leave them there until they are used up. When volunteers are excited about doing good work for God, they begin like a freshly struck match. Their flame and energy are intense. Too often, though, we leave them burning in one spot for so long that their flame can sputter and die. Expiration dates can protect us from burning out volunteers.