Perspectives
Articles, essays, and reflections from progressive Catholic voices.
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AYA/ATF Day 2: Surat Thani welcome
The conference has about 60 young adults from all over Asia… with the common thread between all of us-Catholicism and a focus on social justice.
Asian Youth Academy/Asian Theological Conference Day 1: On the way to Thailand
“Nondual knowing is living in the naked now, the “sacrament of the present moment.” This consciousness will teach us how to actually experience our experiences, whether good, bad, or ugly, and how to let them transform us. Words by themselves will invariably divide and judge the moment; pure presence lets it be what it is, as it is.”
Prayers of God's People for the Feast of Blessed Mary
Wondrous God, hear us. Hear our prayer, O God of Mary.
Why I don't like working in soup kitchens
Soup kitchens are places in which the reality of humanity is displayed more than anywhere else I have ever seen.
Is World Youth Day in Krakow welcoming for LGBTQ Pilgrims?
The Church and the political environment of Poland is complicated, evolving, and multi-faceted. I lived in Krakow in 2011 and that year learned of one of my best friends, an openly gay man, being robbed and beaten up in downtown Krakow. That year I also witnessed a Pride march on the main square, that was countered by a large number of Neo-Nazis spewing anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.
The Last Time God Died: Anxiety, Consolation, and the Limitations of Spiritual Language
The key question the Death of God theologians grapple with—“how will God be able to respond to this present crisis?”—is one plenty of Christians ask.
The Last Time God Died: Anxiety, Consolation, and the Limitations of Spiritual Language
Alitzer and Hamilton also share a very early-60s assurance that capitalist liberalism would keep its promises, and was in the process of creating a “grownup” society of generalized human thriving.
The Last Time God Died: Anxiety, Consolation, and the Limitations of Spiritual Language
I imagined I’d have fun reading the Death of God theologians—the school of ecumenical 60’s Protestant theology that claimed that God was no longer accessible in human life, was absent.
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.”