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When We Mistake Theology for Politics
The Headline That Says More Than It Appears To Some news headlines appear straightforward until we begin asking what assumptions lie beneath them. Recently,…
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The Ways We Come to Know
A Book We Have Not Read A book called How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read immediately creates a small moral crisis. The…
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The Seed That Awaits Us
A Small Image With a Long Future When Jesus wished to speak about the Word of God, He chose the image of a seed.…
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When Criticism Becomes a Crowd
Media, Moral Certainty, and the Recovery of Judgment The Leader Who Said She Would Work When Sanae Takaichi was elected president of the Liberal…
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A Day’s Work and a Lifetime of Labor
Before Dawn in Kamagasaki When I was a university student in Japan, I once worked as a construction laborer for a day. I did…
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The Courage That Comes from Above
The Fathers Who Came Forward My wife and I attended Sunday Mass on Father’s Day. Near the conclusion of the celebration, all the fathers…
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When the Christian Disappears
The Self That Survives Its Own Surrender A rich man once approached Jesus and asked what he still lacked. He had obeyed the commandments…
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From Self-Help to Selfless Help
The Ancient Attraction of Numbered Wisdom Modern readers are surrounded by numbered advice. Five habits for happiness, six principles for success, seven ways to…
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The Question Behind the Question
Remembering Dr. Lee, Kant, and the Attitude of Philosophizing A Teacher Who Remains in the Question The passing of a teacher often makes us…
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The View from Trinity Sunday
The Sunday That Changes the View This year’s Trinity Sunday felt different to me. Every year, the Church celebrates the great events of salvation…
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The Sabbath Is Not a Day Off
The Clock Was an Installation The feeling that time controls our lives is recent. It is not part of some eternal human condition. As…
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Why We Take Sides
It happens almost automatically. A topic comes up, perhaps a global conflict, a political event, or a social issue. At first, the exchange seems…