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Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Very scary reading from Jeremiah.

Today’s Reading is from Jeremiah 18: 1-6. Like much of Jeremiah, it is scary and instructive about how...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Mary. We ignore her at our peril.

Most non-Catholics are brought up to believe that Catholics are a little “extreme” about Mary. Few Protestants think...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Are giant, mega-churches good or bad?

America has long been a hotbed of fracturing and consolidating. At any given time, dozens companies are becoming...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Crucifixion allegories are justly unpopular.

The crucifixion of Christ was a turning point. Without the Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension the ages would not...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

“For the glory of Your Name, O Lord, deliver…

The Old Testament records that God punishes people, and entire peoples, for disobeying His Commandments. Catholic Fundamentalists say...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Brain-damaging sports make other evils seem good.

There have been two dozen suicides among professional football players in the last 25 years. Yesterday, that number...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Playing the most important odds of all.

“Lifespan calculators” are found by googling “lifespan calculator”. If we answer the questions on one of the lifespan...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Catholic Fundamentalism considers Today’s…

Applying computer terminology to Scripture may provide helpful insight. When we look at a Scripture passage like Today’s...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Weekly Reading, Sunday, July 27, 2012

Reading 1 2 Kgs 4:42-44 A man came from Baal-shalishah bringing to Elisha, the man of God, twenty...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

We need a name for this!

The Mayor of Boston, Tom Menino, just celebrated the opening of a mosque in his city. The mosque...