wonderful thoughts from the Pope, intellectually coherent and practically relevant and doable IMO
Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
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Lesson 17: The Church’s Damaged Voice
Read MORE: Lesson 17: The Church’s Damaged VoiceRemember this series has tried to focus on the Church’s role in a democracy. I began with two assumptions and two related questions. The first assumption was that, at least presently, we are not sure what the relationship of Church…
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Lesson 16: Your Responses About Abortion
Read MORE: Lesson 16: Your Responses About AbortionI have been impressed with the conversation that has taken place here around abortion. It reminds me of the public discussion fifty years ago when the issue first went public. In those days, many of us were enriched by people…
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Lesson 15: Pro-Choice
Read MORE: Lesson 15: Pro-ChoiceThe Pro-Choice group agrees readily with the Pro-Life group that life is a gift from God to be cherished and protected. They emphasize, however, acknowledging the sanctity of life must include considering the quality of life. The Christian love that…
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Lesson 14: Pro-Life
Read MORE: Lesson 14: Pro-LifeLet’s look more closely at the Pro-Life position in order to better critique it. This group is founded on the longstanding conviction that all human individuals regardless of physical or mental health have a fundamental and equal worth. This includes…
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Lesson 13: Pro-Life and Pro-Choice
Read MORE: Lesson 13: Pro-Life and Pro-ChoiceReviving any creative conversation about abortion has to begin with appreciating the two positions that presently divide the Church. The Pro-Life group champions a concept of eternal law that maintains the sacred nature of all human life. Believing life begins…
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Lesson 12: Why This Obsession With Abortion?
Read MORE: Lesson 12: Why This Obsession With Abortion?Shortly after I was ordained I was surprised when a fishing buddy compared himself to another friend with the words, “He is not a real Christian. He believes in abortion.” I was speechless. I had never previously heard my friend…
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Lesson 11: So What?
Read MORE: Lesson 11: So What?My son likes to add an addendum titled, “So What?” to academic work. I felt compelled to do that after so many respondents reported they agree completely that money controls our society but are not sure that we can do…
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Lesson 10: Market Totalitarianism
Read MORE: Lesson 10: Market TotalitarianismI decided to begin this series with industrial capitalism, because I thought it would be the least emotional of the issues Christians should be addressing in the present democratic society. Right off the bat, Lupe challenged me by reporting she…
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Lesson 9: Regulation
Read MORE: Lesson 9: RegulationI have been assuming that the Christian voice in our secular democratic society must deal with reality, and in our time and place that is the capitalistic economic system. That does not mean that capitalism is a Christian program. Even…
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Lesson 8: Technology and International Corporations
Read MORE: Lesson 8: Technology and International CorporationsOne of the goals of the Christian voice is to uncover the truth that society ignores. For instance, it should acknowledge the role modern technology and international corporations play in monetary wealth becoming the only standard of our culture. The…
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I absolutely love these ideas, especially paying attention to beauty and reducing your needs.
Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…