Thursday, 10/23/14

  1. The whole is less than the sum of the parts
  2. American idealism and values returning?
  3. Lesson #5 from the Extraordinary Synod
  4. Parish, auto, megachurch

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Synod wrap-up of sorts

Given the sometimes intense debate that surfaced during the two-week synod, the final document is probably an honest reflection of where they stand — which is that for every bishop ready for daring change, there’s another worried about abandoning Catholic tradition.

(John Allen at Crux)  Even without preceding “intense debate,” I would hope that every bishop would be “worried about” abandoning the Church’s tradition even when enticed by “daring change.” But that’s just a starting point. Continue reading “Synod wrap-up of sorts” →

Sunday, 10/19/14

  1. What if few can understand?
  2. Exceeding the low standards of the desperate
  3. Creating growth on the cheap
  4. Help yourself
  5. The Synod’s allure
  6. Thoughts on a vacuous but mellifluous neologism
  7. The living faith of the Ancient Church

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Friday, 10/10/14

  1. Intellectuals and Aesthetes
  2. Heinrich Himmler, family man
  3. Progressives gleefully knock down the bedroom door
  4. Diversity in the parish
  5. Marriage as another tool in the lawyerly kit
  6. Development quotables
  7. Porn, politics, and pro sports
  8. The Evangelical apostasy that, mercifully, wasn’t

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