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… to his truck window holding out a set of keys. Here, these are yours, the father said smiling. Mine? said the son. Yes, as a gift. This house is yours... from me to you... to show you my …

… God, but the one who does the will of God." The will of God: "Anyone who hears these words of mine and acts accordingly," that is the one who is following God's will. Luke and Matthew both …

… nomination for the presidency. "I really believe that she just always thought this is mine," said Fr. Michael Pfleger, pastor of the predominantly black St. Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago, who later apologized for his words. "I'm Bill's wife. I'm white and this is mine. I just got to get up and step into the plate and then out of nowhere came, hey, I'm Barack …

… we ignore it. We just congratulate one another, saying, 'I respect your faith, and you respect mine.' This is nonsense. …

… Jacob Neusner is a very old friend of mine. We’re bosom pals. My impression, however, is that when it comes to the Gospels, Neusner is …

… Jacob Neusner is a very old friend of mine. We’re bosom pals. My impression, however, is that when it comes to the Gospels, Neusner is …

… their experience in church ministry prepared them for public life. In the chilly, wind-swept mining town of Oruro, more than two miles above sea level, regional government leader Alberto …

… the "unspeakable" in his classic collection of essays, Raids on the Unspeakable (a favorite of mine). "I have little confidence in Kennedy," Merton wrote a friend in January 1962 "What is …

… with you, and Fr. Jim assured me it would be all right to speak about a personal concern of mine, and that is some of the work that I'm associated with in Haiti. I think it's very …

… my past; downstairs makes me stretch my ego boundaries to meet the future. … Upstairs is a mine of wisdom; downstairs is a university of talent. Unsworth was born in 1929 in Canton, Ohio. …

… the "unspeakable" in his classic collection of essays, Raids on the Unspeakable (a favorite of mine). "I have little confidence in Kennedy," Merton wrote a friend in January 1962 "What is …

… and thus the entire population suffers "when the market decides human needs," he said. "Strip mining and mountaintop removal became the coal industry's competitive edge," he said. "They …

… has experienced as a result of the sexual abuse of minors,” the pope said. “No words of mine could describe the pain and harm inflicted by such abuse.” The pope went on to ask all …

… has experienced as a result of the sexual abuse of minors,” the pope said. “No words of mine could describe the pain and harm inflicted by such abuse.” The pope went on to ask all …

… for earth and us, comes most especially as we cease to destroy, pollute, overbuild, strip-mine ourselves and our truest hearts and ideas, and instead investigate ourselves, mend … Children’s dreams may act as canaries in the mines …

… tanks in Tiananmen Square. Or Gandhi's nonviolent followers marching toward the Dharasana Salt Mines. Or Dr. King and the civil rights activists, facing the troops, the dogs and the fire hoses …

… I develop in a daily update posting here: The pope, modern science, and a canary in the coal mine . The e-mail address for John L. Allen Jr. is …

… 2006, that terrible tragedy that took place in a tiny town in Lancaster County, Pa. Nickel Mines was the name of the village or town -- it was an Amish community -- and there was a …

… the La Sapienza episode, at least from a PR point of view, is as a sort of “canary in the coal mine” – a warning of a potentially dangerous public impression about Benedict’s agenda that, at …

… it to yourself. We live in a society where individualism is very highly cherished. "What's mine is mine, I worked for it" - maybe that's not what Jesus looks for. Even tax collectors came to John: …