Nov 16 2014
One of the questions that comes up when you start thinking about Scriptures is how to correctly interpret the Scriptures. That would be exegesis the drawing out of meaning from the Bible versus eisegesis which is interpreting in a way that puts your views into Scripture. There are many tools from a variety of viewpoints …
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Nov 14 2014
Over the past few days of surfing my regular sites on the internet there have been a number of stories that stood out because in one way or another they tied together. So let me begin by gathering the threads. First there was a homily given by Pope Francis on November 7th where “Pope Francis …
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Oct 20 2014
Once upon a time there was a scientist named Schrödinger who believed the then current interpretation of a scientific theory that seemed to show that something could both be and not be at the same time to be ridiculous. To illustrate this he devised a thought experiment now known as Schrödinger’s Cat. The summation is that a cat …
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Oct 19 2014
It’s been a couple of interesting weeks with all of the news coming out of the Extraordinary Synod on the Family at the Vatican. I’ve rounded up some thoughts of others below that I’ve found on the internet about the Synod. Probably the most important thing to remember is that we are only at the …
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Oct 14 2014
While the culture at large continues its move away from the Christian moorings that has anchored it in the past there are those who have taken up the question of how Christians should respond. While some have proposed a Benedictine Option of small communities of virtue maintaining a Christian culture. At First Things C.C. Pecknold …
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