Perspectives
Articles, essays, and reflections from progressive Catholic voices.
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Michelle Obama & A Church Worthy of our Children
This “is about who will have the power to shape our children for the next four or eight years of their lives… Every word we utter, every action we take, we know they are watching… We know that our words and actions matter not just to our girls, but to children across this country.”
This week's RNC circus as seen through "The Armor of Light" documentary
“We’re deceived into believing that we’re so powerful because we have something that will protect us, instead of looking to God righteously as the protector--we have replaced God with our guns.”
4 Things I've Learned in 3 Months as Co-Executive Director
Though I have been involved in church reform for many years, this position has given me an even more up-close-and-personal understanding of the spirit moving through our inspirational members.
Sr. Helen Prejean sets Cape Cod hearts on fire
Only the death of the son who is also divine can make atonement for the divine who has been offended. It’s substitutionary violence, he pays and the rest of us benefit.
On Bearing Witness at the Minnesota Governor's Mansion
I listened and teared up as an eleven year old African American girl stand up and speak through tears about how adults say that if you're in trouble you should call the police, but now she's scared to.
10 Reasons I believe in the Sacrament of Marriage
I love ritual. It unites us with the cloud of witnesses that have made these same promises before us and all that will in the future.
Roots and Branches
Laying under a tree
on a hot summer eve
with the solstice sun still hanging
in the deep, blue sky.
Why the feminine face of God matters
Catholics seem to be starved for the feminine Divine in their faith lives. While people may not be comfortable admitting as much, due to the over-emphasis of male-only language used for God, their actions speak otherwise.
We are Pride!!!
We are pride! All of us without exception IS fabulous, fierce, glitterful, amazing, unicornlicious…