Two Types of Mystery
Alex Long
February 28, AD2026
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“Religion tells you what to think. Philosophy tells you how to think,” my friend said at night in the skate park near my college. The
Get Real
Guy McClung
February 28, AD2025
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One response when one hears or encounters something that is outlandish or blatantly false is to say to the source, “Get real!” This is a
Evil: Beyond “A Mystery To Be Endured”
Guy McClung
November 9, AD2022
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Flannery O’Connor wrote: what has given the South her identity are those beliefs and qualities which she has absorbed from the Scriptures and from her
The Comfort, Hope, and Joy Of Believing Mystery
Guy McClung
April 9, AD2022
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I place this before you. You are free to accept it as a mystery or to call it nonsense and dismiss it as meaningless. Choose
We Are Living Within a Joyful Mystery
Bob Drury
May 1, AD2020
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We are living the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, specifically the fifth Joyful Mystery in the loss of Jesus, before his finding in the Temple
The Birth of Christ: The Invasion of Time by Eternity
Melanie Jean Juneau
December 25, AD2019
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Christmas is not an event within history but is rather the invasion of time by eternity. (Hans Urs Von Balthasar) Eternity Is Not Linear From
Reflection: A Necessity of the Spiritual Life
Father Nicholas Blackwell O. Carm.
March 26, AD2019
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Reflection is important and even necessary for the spiritual life. “Reflection” comes from a Latin word meaning “to bend back.” The spiritual life calls for
The Spiritual Housecleaning of Lent
Mark C. McCann
March 15, AD2019
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Recently I joined with some friends to help prepare a parsonage for an assistant pastor and his wife who were coming to their new church.
The Shepherds, the Wise Men, and Herod
Marty Dybicz
December 28, AD2018
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Christmas is why “there really is a difference between being brought up as a Christian and being brought up as a Jew or a Moslem
The Invasion of Time by Eternity: The Birth of Christ
Melanie Jean Juneau
December 18, AD2018
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Christmas is not an event within history but is rather the invasion of time by eternity. (Hans Urs Von Balthasar) Eternity Is Not Linear From
Appearance versus Reality: Christ’s Body in the Eucharist
Dan Byron
May 19, AD2018
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One day, a Protestant friend and I were discussing something pertaining to Christianity when my friend made a comment akin to “Jesus said it, and I
A Matter of a Universe That Matters: Why I Am a Christian
Anthony S. Layne
May 30, AD2017
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“Always be ready,” Scripture tells us, “to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you”
Augustine & Descartes: God Is, but What is He?
Guy McClung
June 22, AD2016
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A previous article discussed that both Augustine and Descartes arrived at the concept of an existing God by first concluding that each of them,
The Human Drama: Truth as an Encounter with Mystery
Sarah Huntzinger
November 9, AD2015
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MythBusters, an entertaining Discovery Channel series that puts science and popular myths to the test, is a family favorite at our house. In one episode, host
Accepting Miracles: Embracing Mystery
Melanie Jean Juneau
March 14, AD2014
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The modern world heaps scorn on those who have experienced miracles. This cynical attitude simply serves to coerce most legitimate eyewitnesses into silence; only quacks
Social Media: Are We Excarnating Ourselves Online?
Joel and Lisa Schmidt
February 18, AD2014
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Mystery: from Latin mysterium or Greek mystērion. Various definitions suggest something secret, private, or not easily understood. We all probably know someone whose life seems
