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This Makes Me Cross
It all started with an innocent trip to a Christian bookstore to buy a gift (name and location of store withheld to protect the cheesy). As my wife and I headed to the register, we passed the...
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Contra Contraception
By Tim Shaughnessy One of the nice things about teaching is keeping up with former students. It’s even better if they can keep things civil while disagreeing with you on most things. One such former...
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What If I Told You Obama Came to Abolish Religion?
by Andrew Sciba I first heard the phrase, “Christianity isn’t a religion, it’s a relationship” several years ago. It was uttered confidently and almost defiantly by a friend of a friend (we’ll name...
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Moral Governments and the Leveling Effect
by Mary Walker Obedience is a virtue that must be central to any Christian faith. Practicing obedience is to actively submit our wills to what we know is right and true: God’s word. Last week, I posted...
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Taking Sainthood Seriously
“You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Mt 5:48) Words to live by, right? It’s not so easy if you ask me. A few years ago, a co-worker and I were discussing our...
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Marriage: A “Liberal” Idea?
by Mary Walker I’m sure everyone remembers learning about John Locke in high school or college Western Civ classes. Indisputably, he was a huge intellectual force during the American Revolution and we...
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The Forgotten Modesty
Back in my glory days at Benedictine College, I would often peruse the ‘for sale’ shelf at the school library for the next 5 cent masterpiece that would change my life. The shelf would have more...
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Modern Advances and the Moral Order
by Mary Walker I think one of the most fallacious arguments I’ve heard in the context of debating religion is that the Catholic Church is patently against technology and innovation. A girlfriend whom I...
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It may be different now, but the chapel of the Newman Center at GWU when I was a student was in pretty rough shape. The floor creaked, the AC/heat was unreliable at best, and it had the general...
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I was talking to a non-Catholic friend the other day when, for whatever reason, the conversation turned toward sex and morality. I always get a little uncomfortable when this happens because I’m a...
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