Tag: Culture
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Cultural Appropriation . . . Conversation . . . Incorporation
I firmly believe that the Holy Spirit does not like silos—their walls or containments—and has, from the day described in Acts, desired that peoples come to know each other in the wind of Her wings.
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Unfamiliar Fishes – Culture – Evangelization
History shows us that human rites and religions get old patterns set very deeply in their bones—which is both a strength and weakness.
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Heaven, Hell, Hallmark, Holy Week
Thanks in large part to the greeting card industry, everyone—in the manner of an Oprah give-away—passes immediately into eternal bliss. (“You get to go to heaven! And YOU go to heaven! And YOU …”).
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Team Spirit . . . and Spiritual Teams
I believe that the pervasiveness of the team/pack mentality, along with its inappropriate or disproportionate responses, qualifies as a “sign of our times” and, therefore, we can be guided by the wisdom of the Spirit, assess it critically, and live it out carefully, as Vatican II called us to: [. . .] the Church seeks…