Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Maybe it was a pejorative. Maybe they were the first to use it, because there wasn’t a word that encompassed Jews and Gentiles in the same community. Maybe it caught on… Continue reading Called Christians
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Be Annoying. Be Sheep.
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Sheep get a bad rap. They’re smelly. They’re stupid. They’re herd animals who blindly follow the shepherd or leader anywhere, even if it’s into a hole or into… Continue reading Be Annoying. Be Sheep.
“To My God and Your God”
Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. The inclusive language may not have struck Mary Magdalene and Jesus’s other followers, not at first. But in today’s Gospel reading from John 20, after Mary finds him alive and well… Continue reading “To My God and Your God”
Returning Catholics FAQs: About Non-Catholic Christians
On Mondays, I answer questions frequently asked by those considering a return to the Catholic Church. How do I know this stuff? I was away for more than 30 years myself, and am the co-author of When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics, a book for pastors and parish leaders interested in this ministry.… Continue reading Returning Catholics FAQs: About Non-Catholic Christians