Posts Tagged ‘pain’
Christian Living
Keeping the Faith: Minimum protection, maximum support
Tony Campolo retells an incident involving William Sloane Coffin following the death of his son, Alexander. Alex, as he was called, was killed in a car accident in 1983 when he was only twenty-four years old.
Christian Living
Keeping the faith: For 10,000 hours…or more
When I watch my children skim-boarding in the surf, I remember what it is like to be blissfully young, oblivious to danger, and as flexible as a rubber band. I am none of those things now. That is why you will not catch me perf...
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Word from Scotland: Abide with me or abide in me, there is a difference
We are reading in John Chapter 15, where Jesus is speaking about the vine and the Father being the vinedresser or gardener. God comes with His hoe to remove things which ought not to be in out lives and He comes with His Prunin...
Christian Living
Keeping the Faith: Behind Every Beautiful Thing
More than 120 years ago this week, Vincent Van Gogh died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. In his short life, Van Gogh produced hundreds of watercolor paintings, sketches, and prints – some of which are the most valu...
Arts & Culture
Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Stephen Colbert to star in Catholic comedy slam – Articles
So who is the funniest Catholic in the Western world: New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan or Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert?
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Georgia governor signs law restricting late-term abortions
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law a piece of legislation today to restrict late-term abortions and outlaw assisted suicide in the state.
The law bans most abortions after 20 weeks' pregnancy.
News
Obama hosts Easter prayer breakfast with meditation on suffering
WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama hosted his third annual Easter prayer breakfast at the White House on Wednesday (April 4), saying that Jesus’ suffering and sacrifice during Holy Week puts the travails of his own life in persp...
Christian Living
Falling Down
Five days have gone by, and I can finally sit down without grimacing. It was a beautiful sunny Saturday morning, and I was on a ski trip with one of my Italian youth groups. And then, at the ski shop, it occurred to the kids th...
Commentary and News
Atheists’ slavery billboard raises tempers in Pa.
The billboard is down, but the issue’s not gone. A billboard erected in one of the city’s most racially diverse neighborhoods featured an African slave with the biblical quote, “Slaves, obey your masters.̶...
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Keeping the Faith: Faith; Far More Than An Opiate
I am sometimes suspicious of how we employ our faith. Don’t get me wrong, faith is important to me, and I have given my life to it. But sometimes I treat my faith like it is a medicine cabinet or a pharmaceutical, going to it o...