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The New Orthodoxy: Hoping for the End of the World
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I shall hold a pistol to the head of Modern Man, not to kill him, but to bring him to Life." G.K. Chesterton. Friday, December 21, 2012. Hoping for the End of the World. Artistic depiction of what didn't happen today. We want the world to end, not because we crave the death of our neighbors, or because we want to watch the world burn necessarily, but because the destruction of the world is so very very real. One indifferent to human creations and their temporal nature, a world that is honest and brutal a...
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The New Orthodoxy: April 2013
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I shall hold a pistol to the head of Modern Man, not to kill him, but to bring him to Life." G.K. Chesterton. Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Here Read this self interview by Walker Percy, from Conversations with Myself:. Q: What kind of Catholic are you? Q: No I mean are you liberal or conservative? A: I no longer know what those words mean. Q: Are you a dogmatic Catholic or an open-minded Catholic? Q: How is such a belief possible in this day and age? A: What else is there? A: That’s what I mean. A: That...
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The New Orthodoxy: Why You Really Are Great
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I shall hold a pistol to the head of Modern Man, not to kill him, but to bring him to Life." G.K. Chesterton. Tuesday, December 18, 2012. Why You Really Are Great. 4,000 lbs of instant inevitability. Not because our goodness proves our worth, but because the true recognition of our worth in God makes being good so delightful and effortless. Goodness, to the Christian, is not so much a duty but a response, a consequence of the realization of just how loved we really are. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The New Orthodoxy: To Be Catholic
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I shall hold a pistol to the head of Modern Man, not to kill him, but to bring him to Life." G.K. Chesterton. Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Here Read this self interview by Walker Percy, from Conversations with Myself:. Q: What kind of Catholic are you? Q: No I mean are you liberal or conservative? A: I no longer know what those words mean. Q: Are you a dogmatic Catholic or an open-minded Catholic? Q: How is such a belief possible in this day and age? A: What else is there? A: That’s what I mean. A: That...
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The New Orthodoxy: August 2013
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I shall hold a pistol to the head of Modern Man, not to kill him, but to bring him to Life." G.K. Chesterton. Wednesday, August 28, 2013. How to Renew Your Parish (Or Why I Do Not Like Corporate America). Why don't these parish revitalization plans work? This subject was first brought to my mind when I saw a series of articles floating around the social mediasphere, articles like " MegaChurch or Catholic Church? And " 10 Ways to Put Megachurches Out of Business. What does it mean to be me. Now, back to t...
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The New Orthodoxy: How to Renew Your Parish (Or Why I Do Not Like Corporate America)
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I shall hold a pistol to the head of Modern Man, not to kill him, but to bring him to Life." G.K. Chesterton. Wednesday, August 28, 2013. How to Renew Your Parish (Or Why I Do Not Like Corporate America). Why don't these parish revitalization plans work? This subject was first brought to my mind when I saw a series of articles floating around the social mediasphere, articles like " MegaChurch or Catholic Church? And " 10 Ways to Put Megachurches Out of Business. What does it mean to be me. Now, back to t...
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The New Orthodoxy: On the Election of His Holiness Pope Francis
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I shall hold a pistol to the head of Modern Man, not to kill him, but to bring him to Life." G.K. Chesterton. Wednesday, March 13, 2013. On the Election of His Holiness Pope Francis. A pot pourri of opinion and policy. While opinions are important and all, and certainly should be expressed, debated, and developed, there has to be something more real than opinion, something more sublime than the policy decisions of whichever person or entity is in power. We have a Pope! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The New Orthodoxy: On the Role of Perspective
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I shall hold a pistol to the head of Modern Man, not to kill him, but to bring him to Life." G.K. Chesterton. Wednesday, March 27, 2013. On the Role of Perspective. So what am I getting at? The red equal signs all over Facebook of course! Let's make this painfully clear: Just because you want. The Civil Rights Movement and the Gay Rights Movement to be analogues of each other does not mean that they are. Regardless of which side of the argument you support, avoid the fallacy of historical perspective....
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The New Orthodoxy: Against A Domesticated God
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I shall hold a pistol to the head of Modern Man, not to kill him, but to bring him to Life." G.K. Chesterton. Sunday, November 3, 2013. Against A Domesticated God. 8220; He'll be coming and going" he had said. "One day you'll see him and another you won't. He doesn't like being tied down- and of course he has other countries to attend to. It's quite all right. He'll often drop in. Only you mustn't press him. He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion. Allow me to explain:. Period. Ladies and Gentlemen...
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The New Orthodoxy: On Doing and Being.
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I shall hold a pistol to the head of Modern Man, not to kill him, but to bring him to Life." G.K. Chesterton. Sunday, July 28, 2013. On Doing and Being. Unbeknownst to many, Ole Blue Eyes was monumental in resolving the oldest philosophical crisis in the book. People like to do. Things as the absolute good. According to Nietzsche, only when we conquer and reject our restraints (social norms, personal values, divinely mandated morality, etc) through our ability to do. Not human doings. More paramount ...