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Faith in Time of War

In 1953, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin wrote an essay entitled, “The Agony of Our Age: A World That Is Asphyxiating,” in which he pointed out that after eons of slow…

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Lent: Poised for Action

Today we begin the season of Lent which has, traditionally, been a time of personal fasting, prayer and conversion.  While these three activities are good, they also reinforce the old…

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Open and Relational Theism: A Challenge for Catholic Theology

Raimon Panikkar, one of the great but hidden lights of the twentieth century, wrote that cosmology and theology are intertwined: there is no cosmology without theology, and no theology without…

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The Legacy of Martin Luther King

This week we celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, a visionary leader, who helped break the chains of oppression and renew the dignity and giftedness of the black person.…

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Why I Need A C4C Conference

As I surf the web and skim through a myriad of podcasts, conferences and ecological forums, I am reminded of the Great Shift we are in.   We long for a…

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Epiphany:  What Do We See?

The name Epiphany comes from the Greek, epiphaneia, and means “appearance” or “manifestation.”  The birth of Jesus is a theophany; God has appeared in the flesh, in the person of…

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New Year’s Blog: Love, Hope and Future Life

What a year this has been!  A raging virus which continues to mutate, a volatile economy, the rise of the metaverse, the tornados of Kentucky, the wildfires of California, one…

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A Christmas Prayer

O God, during this Christmas season, help us see Your light–radiating in the tiniest grain of sand,In the fungi that grows beneath our feet, in the wildflowers and trees,–and in…

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A Short Christmas Reflection

Image credit: “Establishment of the Manger at Greccio”, Benozzo Gozzoli, 1452 + We moderns love Christmas with all the lights, gifts and good cheer of friends and family.  It has…