Babies and Metaphysics
I (56) was at lunch with my father (80) earlier this week, we were discussing a favorite subject: God. Somehow we got around to contraception, and that in…
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Tag: belief in God
Think Like God
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still and consider the wondrous works of God. (Job 37:14, KJV) Have you ever tried to count all the stars in the…
Faith and Belief
Readings for August 11, 2013: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time I recently visited Italy and was reminded of the religious contrast between America and Europe. In Europe, large…
I’m Not Enough
If you have faith the size of a mustard seed you will say to this mountain ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be…
Hope in the Imperfect
I recently received a class-wide email from another mother of a child in my son’s preschool class. She had joined the class for a Thanksgiving celebration and stopped…
Wagering on Pascal
Why should we believe in God? I usually start my first theology class by asking my students this. Most of them have spent years in Catholic school, but…