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Looking forward to policing the culture of the church in 2017
… these kinds of positive headlines, or his shtick will wear thin. It is highly doubtful coal mines will re-open, his promises to the contrary notwithstanding. Ditto the steel mills. People …
In 'Gitanjali,' I found wisdom, lost it, and found it again
… birth to utterance ineffable. Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill. I turned the page, and …
Colman McCarthy makes sure students learn peace
… today against killer robots. She won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work to ban land mines. According to the Web site of the Nobel Women’s Initiative, which she chairs, the …
The UN and Obama mock peace
… distressed at the increase in settlement activity on the West Bank. As a good Jewish friend of mine said when his son was born, "He can grow up to be anything he wants, except a West Bank …
Nativity: New musical comedy tells ‘The Unusual Tale of Mary and Joseph’s Baby’
… scriptural interpretations are popular in evangelical colleges and universities. She also mined the book Women in the World of the Earliest Christians: Illuminating Ancient Ways of Life …
Schillebeeckx's piercing inquiry brought Jesus alive
… 1974. I was then living in a rural parish called Charters Towers, a dry and dusty former gold mining town inland from the coast of northeastern Australia. In the evenings, I would plow …
Standing Rock protesters see Army Corps decision as a cautious win
… O'Connor, a former Mercy Global Action coordinator at the United Nations and convener of the Mining Working Group, a coalition of nongovernmental organizations, described what happened at …
The prophet Isaiah and the president-elect
… in the U.S. the past eight years. The president's moral vision is different from mine. Like most political progressives, Obama allows the quest for equality to steamroll over …
Write down doubts and certainties to live an examined faith
… they were in her words. I admired her way of putting things, but that way was hers, not mine. My point in raising this matter at all is to suggest that just as we are asked to live an …
Mercy Associate learned compassion from Irish immigrant parents
… housing or assistance with community issues. Volleyball has been a lifelong passion of mine. Working on creating local teams and coaching young ladies over the years has been a source …