Author: Katharine E. Harmon
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The Eucharist is Behind Bars
Is it possible to have a Church with open doors, or do we need to keep our city churches barred? Is an “open door” simply a theological key, or an eschatological image, with no ground in reality in our modern world?
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For Unto Us a Child is Born
The incarnation has never been so real to me as when I’ve held my own infant daughter—our little in-the-flesh gift of God.
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Pumpkins and Pine Trees and Palms, Oh My….
Sometimes strange things happen…like pumpkins and pine trees and palms…all in the same weekend. Is there a saying about “loving the liturgists and hating the liturgical faux pas”?
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Warning: Girl Altar Servers May Cause Bad Liturgy!
What happens when women are involved with liturgy? According to a 2015 article, when females are involved with liturgy, we get bad liturgy.
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God Said It Was Good
What perfectionist ever stopped after completing a task and actually acknowledged what he or she did was GOOD? EVER?
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Eating Alone
I can think of no worse idea than throwing hundreds of introverts in a schmancy conference hotel and asking them to socialize!
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Review of Celebrating Divine Mystery by Catherine Vincie
Catherine Vincie’s Celebrating Divine Mystery: A Primer in Liturgical Theology, should be included on the reading list of any pastoral minister, particularly in the Roman Catholic tradition.
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Organ Repertoire: Why Catholics Don’t Care
I was asked by a student today, “I just don’t understand why we need to have organ repertoire. When would you ever use it?” I stared at the student, confounded, dumbfounded. And then I had an intense moment of Catholic soul-searching. How many Catholics would understand why you’d want to have organ repertoire—how many Catholics…
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Is Sexism Real?
In my dictionary of life, being “big, bad-manned” usually involves an action (by a male) which makes you (the female) feel stupid, belittled, and as if you were taking up too much space.