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 11: Healthy and Sick Religion
Read MORE: Lesson 11: Healthy and Sick ReligionThroughout her book Holy Envy, Barbara Brown Taylor cites Rabbi Jonathon Sachs to support her call to appreciate the insights and practices of other religious teachings and practices. Each time she did this, I found myself evaluating what I regard…
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Lesson 12: Religious Language During the Pandemic
Read MORE: Lesson 12: Religious Language During the PandemicJust a few quick words on religious language. Barbara Taylor Brown repeatedly speaks about the difficulty of understanding the religious language used by other world religions. Conversely, she observes once you do, you discover a lot about your own. My…
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Lesson 13: Religious People, Not World Religions
Read MORE: Lesson 13: Religious People, Not World ReligionsI began this series wanting to share Barbara Brown Taylor’s experience about how the study of other world religions enhances the way we practice Christianity. Her findings were similar to my own, and I felt that she responded honestly to…
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Addendum: Sick Christianity
Read MORE: Addendum: Sick ChristianityAfter I posted a lesson entitled “Sick Religion” a few weeks ago, one of my best friends asked when I would have the courage to attack the real sick Christians among us. I was taken aback because I felt that…
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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…