Category: Blog Archive
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Courage in Leadership
Fr. Peter-Micheal Preble, an outspoken and courageous defender of religious liberty, looks at a recent sermon by Roman Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky that examines the ominous portentions of the HHS Mandates for the Catholic Church. An excerpt: Recently, Daniel Jenky, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Peoria, Illinois preached a sermon in which he said that…
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Silent Clergy Killers: ‘Toxic’ Congregations Lead to Widespread Job Loss
– Source: Huffington Post They are called “clergy killers” — congregations where a small group of members are so disruptive that no pastor is able to maintain spiritual leadership for long. And yet ministers often endure the stresses of these dysfunctional relationships for months, or even years, before eventually being forced out or giving up.…
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Is This the Most Beautiful Orthodox Church in the World?
Below are some pictures of the consecration of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kronstadt, Russia. A window to heaven has opened and the harmony of the unseen and uncreated are made visible to man. The Church is nothing short of astonishing. The only other place I have seen such depth of beauty outside of nature is…
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60 Minutes on the Plight of Palestinian Christians
Source: The Atlantic APR 23 2012, 8:46 AM ET 280 By Robert Wright Last night’s 60 Minutes segment about the plight of Christians in the West Bank has gotten a lot of attention, in part because of the attempt by Israeli ambassador Michael Oren to intervene with CBS brass while the segment was being put…
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Charles Colson: 1931-2012. May His Memory Be Eternal
Charles Colson died today. He was 80 years old. I first met Colson at a conference at Washington, DC and was struck by his magnanimous character and intelligence. Everyone knows his story. Colson was a ruthless political operative in the Nixon administration, got caught up in the Watergate imbroglio during the Nixon administration and went…