So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
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Lesson 19: Christian Love (part 2)
Read MORE: Lesson 19: Christian Love (part 2)When I first tried to summarize the chapter on love last week, I wrote, “The seventh chapter of the book maintains that Christianity is all about love overcoming the violence of this world and that everything else is commentary.” I…
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Lesson 20: Modern Charity
Read MORE: Lesson 20: Modern CharityLast week, I examined the basic Christian message or Gospel that proceeds from the statement “God is love.” Perhaps trying to be too clever, I suggested everything else is commentary. My intention was simply to make clear that this message…
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Lesson 21: Friendship
Read MORE: Lesson 21: FriendshipAt the end of his encyclical Laudato Si, Pope Francis suggested we use a spiritual rather than a technological paradigm in working with the environment. One thesis of our book is we do well to do the same in all personal…
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Lesson 22: The Passion Story
Read MORE: Lesson 22: The Passion StoryThe Gospel of John changes the love command from “love your neighbor as you love yourself” to “love your friends as Jesus loved you.” When John has Jesus put it this way at the Last Supper, he immediately makes the…
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Lesson 23: Connections
Read MORE: Lesson 23: ConnectionsThe last two chapters in the book examine further how technique has damaged culture by removing things from their real-life contexts, how faith, hope, and love correct that for the Church, and how this enables the Church to offer much…
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Lesson 24: Getting Real
Read MORE: Lesson 24: Getting RealLast week I wrote that a proper understanding of faith, hope, and love provides a common story for the Church by acknowledging our real life connections to community, nature, time, and place. I quickly got a marvelous critique from Lupe…
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Lesson 25: The Christian Voice
Read MORE: Lesson 25: The Christian VoiceAfter much discussion, I have decided to give in and admit talking about the common story of Christianity is not helpful. As many of you have pointed out, there are just too many incredibly divergent claims out there. Instead, I…
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An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!
yes we need to forgive our leaders yet make sure they do the right thing – which they aren’t.