Some of my favorite words of all time are part of what is called “An Ancient Homily for Holy Saturday”, a sermon written by an unknown writer. The words refer to the part of the Apostle’s Creed that describe how “(Jesus) descended into Hell.” According to Church Tradition, after dying on Good Friday, Jesus descended …
(This is a meditation I wrote and posted before, but I think it is appropriate for this most holy of days.) As I clench my spear, I look at him. I don’t know what to think. It is quiet now. All is still. An hour ago, the dust was stirred up, hovering above the feet …
I’ve noted before that I read a lot of articles from the internet each day. There is so much good writing, so many fascinating stories, a vast amount of social commentary, and tons of rich resources posted around the internet each day. As a Catholic, I’ve found a wealth of theology, Church teachings, homilies, and …
Here is a cool, creative video dealing with the groan-of-a-question, “How to feed the world?”: (From Denis van Waerebeke via Mark Shea)
Joshua Harris has recently written book entitled “Dug Down Deep”, which explains how he discovered the value in theology. He rightly recognizes that we all are theologians; we all have a theology. We all believe something about God–even the belief that God doesn’t exist is itself a “theology”. The question, of course, is where do …
