Check out my latest post on Patheos.com, entitled “Can the Eucharist Unite Us?“
Posts Tagged as ‘Church Dialogue’
April 4, 2010
What If Resurrection Is A Choice?
Check out my reflection on the Easter Sunday readings at From the Pews in the Back, entitled “What If Resurrection Is A Choice?“. You can also find this entry cross-posted on God’s Politics, a blog by Jim Wallis & Friends.
March 29, 2010
Silence.
“We don’t need a moment of silence. There has been too much silence already. I propose noise—a moment of clapping.” A woman said this to Karen during her recent trip to Honduras. Along with a group of students from Harvard Divinity School, Karen was there to learn from the women of this rural Honduran community [...]
February 7, 2010
Wide White Margins, And A Few Words
On the days when I particularly overwhelmed–when I am convinced that any reform in my church will require at least 10 million perfect words, when I am sure that nothing I can think or say or write will ever make any difference, when I am tempted to think that the countless number of books in [...]
November 25, 2009
The Difficult “Thank You”
Check out my latest post–a Thanksgiving post!–on CTA’s Young Adult Catholic Blog, entitled “The Difficult ‘Thank You.’”
November 15, 2009
Jesus, I’m Waiting
Check out my reflection on this Sunday’s liturgical readings on the From the Pews in the Back blog. It’s entitled, “Jesus, I’m Waiting.”
November 9, 2009
Easy Talk, Hard Livin’
I think it is safe to say that there has never been a time when religion existed that a need for inter-religious dialogue did not. And with the horror of the Holocaust looming, with the violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ever-occupying our headlines, and with that image of the tumbling Twin Towers forever impressed upon [...]
October 31, 2009
Wally’s Cathedral
The liturgy begins when a handsome young man, dressed neatly in an argyle sweater, lifts the worn brass trumpet to his lips. His eyes are closed, his composure calm. With just one breath, everything in the tiny cathedral comes to a halt. We remove drink classes and beer bottles from our lips. Bar chatter hushes. [...]
October 21, 2009
This Is What A Catholic Woman Looks Like
New stuff on a new site! Check out my article, “This Is What A Catholic Woman Looks Like,” featured in the “Young Women & Catholicism” column at www.Patheos.com.
October 12, 2009
In Communion with John Kerry
Last Sunday I found myself smack in the middle of a protest between pro-choice feminists and anti-abortion Catholics. This Sunday I took communion with Senator John Kerry. It wasn’t until halfway through the Mass that I realized the deep singing voice behind me belonged to the famous American Catholic politician. ”Peace be with you,” I [...]
