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Lent Again

Mark Belanger February 22, AD2024 6 Comments

As other CS writers have reminded us, here we are in Lent, once again. When I was young, giving up Cokes for Lent was the

Caterpillar Goo and Butterfly Bodies

Mark Belanger October 23, AD2023 3 Comments

My weekly study group has been reading St. Theresa of Avila’s “The Interior Castle” for several weeks now. It’s a book that has been called

deism, probability, risk, advice, lessons, choice, change, morality

Change, Agency, the Synod, and Us

Steve Smith October 15, AD2023 3 Comments

Another article on the Synod? Well, somewhat, but not entirely. The purpose of this article is to consider basic principles of the concepts of agency

Remembering Old, Beautiful Catholic Churches

Richard Auciello October 10, AD2023 9 Comments

Something New, Something Different, Something Wrong Having overslept, my wife and I missed the daily Mass at our Parish. We went to another Catholic Church

race, bias, critical race theory, Liberation Theology

What Will Be Our Legacy?

Bob Blundell November 21, AD2022 5 Comments

Sometime in the Future “Daddy, What’s a Statue?” “I’m sorry honey. What did you say?” “Statue. What is it?” “Spell it for me.” “S-T-A-T-U-E.” He

Eternalism vs. Presentism: A Battle of Time Errors

Bob Drury September 12, AD2021 5 Comments

There is a controversy between adherents of two views of time, one called eternalism and the other presentism. Eternalism claims that from the perspective of

Pessimism, Optimism, Hope and Change

Anthony S. Layne October 23, AD2019 3 Comments

Over my lifetime, I have been called many things, some of which are printable. Within the last 11 years’ worth of blogging, I’ve had a

The New Evangelization is For Everyone

Richard Van Kirk July 15, AD2019 5 Comments

We are born with an eternal hunger, a tremendous need in spirit and soul for the deepest relationship with God. Nothing else will do. Yet,

creation, creator, creature, genesis, being

On the Integration of Substantial Change, Creation, and Evolution

Bob Drury March 11, AD2018 5 Comments

Substantial change, creation, and evolution are commonly acknowledged to be topics in philosophy, theology, and science, respectively. The integration of theology with philosophy within human

Autumn and Transformation in Life’s Struggles

Mark C. McCann September 5, AD2017 3 Comments

When I was young I always looked forward to autumn. For me, autumn was a time when the cycle of life began all over again.

Living in the Mutable: Of Time and Eternity

Bob Drury August 14, AD2017 3 Comments

Pope St. John Paul II begins the encyclical Fides et Ratio with the admonition “Know Yourself”. Most apparently, we are material creatures and as such

Easter and Building a Curriculum of Hope

Ramon Antonio A. Aldana May 18, AD2017 No Comments

I have been working in the field of education for more than twenty years now. And every time I come to reflect upon the fruits

Athens Comes to Greet Jerusalem: Substantial Change and Material Creation

Bob Drury May 15, AD2017 No Comments

As Catholics, we believe that God revealed himself gradually to his chosen people, the Jews, and completed this Divine revelation in the Jewish Messiah, the