In the first two posts of this series, I explored how diversity in Gifts and Age can provide a richer experience of the faith and allow parishes to better minister to the community. Christians of all denominations today tend to look for communities where they feel like they can belong to the larger group. Sometimes the neighborhoods have similarities… [Read More]
Sunday Says Podcast – September 22, 2013 Mass Readings and Reflection
Twenty-Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Jerusalem Bible Translation) Liturgy of the Word for September 22, 2013 (NAB Translations) Lectionary: 135 Reflection begins at 3:30 minute mark. Reading 1 AM 8:4-7 This first reading from Amos is short and to the point. We haven’t heard from this prophet in over a year and half at Sunday mass,… [Read More]
Slave of Two Masters, A Book Pre-view
With the arrival of summer, I have been stressing out about money. Vacations, weddings, extra weekly outings with friends in town, switching apartments…etc. I know I’m not alone in this – every summer there is a HUGE push in sales, advertising, etc around vacations, summer activities, entertainment, fashion, food – all that. I’d like to… [Read More]
Economics and Envy
“The federal government’s most useful role is not to rush into a program of excessive increases in public expenditures, but to expand the incentives and opportunities of private expenditures.” – John F. Kennedy, 1962 A significant paradigm shift has occurred in our nation over the last fifty years. General attitudes toward war and national… [Read More]
Two Guys a Girl and a Catholic Podcast Episode 48 – You Got What Out Of a Vending Machine?
Episode 48 Current Events: Rick Santorum has consistently run in 2nd place to Mitt Romney in the Republican Primaries, even winning 10 states of his own. He’s been endorsed by Catholic Vote.org With recent loses in OH and IL, is it time to Rick Santorum to quit? It appears that Romney will be the… [Read More]
My Journey with “Financial Peace” from a Catholic Perspective
How it started: Back in the first week of April ’11, a company-wide email was sent out at my workplace advertising a new course that was being offered. The program was Dave Ramsey‘s “Financial Peace University,” a 13-week video based personal finance class that would be moderated by a fellow employee on-campus during lunch. Everyone… [Read More]
