wonderful thoughts from the Pope, intellectually coherent and practically relevant and doable IMO
Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
Tag: story
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Lesson 12: Community Loyalty (Sandel, Chapter 9)
Read MORE: Lesson 12: Community Loyalty (Sandel, Chapter 9)If I asked you who you are, chances are you would describe yourself with a list of the groups to which you belong: your family, neighborhood, ethnic group, town, and nation, as well other social affiliations. Sandel claims these communities…
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Lesson 7: Faith – Story and Promise
Read MORE: Lesson 7: Faith – Story and PromiseLet me say more about story and promise. It can be said that the Bible contains God’s story. We are not talking about theological statements, laws or even history. As the Augsburg Confession XX says, faith is not merely knowledge…
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Lesson 6: Faith 2
Read MORE: Lesson 6: Faith 2I closed last week’s post with the question, “What does faith in God involve? What do we trust God to do for us?” None of the responses I received believed faith in God involved expecting God to grant personal requests.…
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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…