Month: September 2012

  • Catholic Women as Priests

    Catholic Women as Priests

    Yesterday, the New York Times posted a slideshow from Judith Levitt of Catholic women who are priests. This might come as a surprise to some of you, but there is a growing resistance movement among Catholics who have been able to find loopholes in their own bi-laws and begin ordaining women: In the last 10…

  • The Politics of Surprise (Matt. 25: 31-46)

    This is the text to the message I gave at Camas Friends Church on Jesus Sheep and Goats parable in Matt. 25. Matthew 25 (From Clarence Jordan’s Cotton Patch Gospel): When the son of man starts his revolution with all his band around him, then he was assume some authority. And all the nations will…

  • Romney, Sheep and the 47%

    * Understandably, there’s been a lot of hullabaloo in media since Mother Jones revealed Mitt Romney calling 47% of us Americans mooches. In case you’ve missed it, here’s some of the transcript of what he said to the attendees of this $50,000-a-plate dinner: There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the…

  • Morning Prayer

    This is a morning prayer written by Walter Rauschenbusch I have been praying this month as I work on my dissertation.

  • Writing-Sabbatical Update #2

    My study for week #2. This past week I made good progress towards my goal of writing four chapters for my dissertation this month. I’m not sure if my strategy is the best – And I’m not sure I want you to tell me if you think otherwise – but the goal is to get…