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A Study of Transcending Disability
I keep a bust of Ludwig van Beethoven on the fireplace mantle in my home. It reminds me of the…
Yearly Archives: 2014
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Movie Review: Heaven is for Real
The movie Heaven Is for Real, based on the book by the same name, is the true story of four-year-old…
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Poem: “Pi”
Pi The admirable number pi: three point one four one. All the following digits are also just a start, five…
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How Did Our Lord Have Humility?
Whenever someone insults us, we usually come tearing back, ready to defend our reputation, our honor, or whatever it was…
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Endless Possibility, Perpetual Discontent
My mother and stepfather were recently privy to a conversation between myself and a good female friend. Both of us…
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Artificial Reproductive Technology: Constructing a Dystopia
Both the 1932 novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and the 1997 science fiction movie “Gattaca” are classified as…
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Reflections for Sunday, May 11, 2014
Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion (Acts 2:14, 36-41; Psalm 23:1-6; 1 Peter 2:20-25; John 10:1-10) Being Cut…
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UN Official Says Catholic Teaching on Abortion May be a Form of ‘Torture’
During hearings that one participant described as “surreal,” United Nations representatives this week suggested that the Catholic Church’s opposition to…
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Jesus Gets His Hands Dirty
Back in the mid-1990’s, before the internet ruined our lives (I’m kidding. Kidding) I was in the seminary, discerning a…
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Surrogate Parenting is Wrong
Recently, Christopher White wrote a commentary on the ethical problems associated with “surrogate parenthood for money.” He argued that paying for surrogate…