On January 6, 2021, a mob of rioters breached the U.S. Capitol in an effort to stop the the electoral college vote count during a joint session of Congress. They occupied, vandalized, and ransacked the building for several hours. Congress was evacuated to safety. Five people died as a result of the insurrection. This brief summary of facts does not begin to convey the full acts of violence and destruction, not just against people and property, but against democracy itself….Continue Reading
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Who Should Read Muddling Through Together
To write her book A Year of Biblical Womanhood, Rachel Held Evans focused on a different biblical example each month for an entire year. During this time, she also interviewed many Christian women (and a few Jewish women) to learn more about the different ways to follow biblical womanhood. The New Testament alone has multiple examples of biblical womanhood just in regards to women named Mary! Are you like Mary, the mother of Jesus? What about Mary, Martha’s sister who…Continue Reading
Why Christians Should Care About the Environment
Over the last few years, I’ve become more interested in sustainability. If you’re not familiar with sustainability, I just googled it and found this definition: avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance Sustainability is basically the latest “green” buzzword among people who care about the environment. My interest in sustainability stems from my gut instinct that caring about the environment is the right thing to do. Recently I’ve been thinking about the environment…Continue Reading
A Catholic Perspective on the Annunciation
The feast of the Annunciation (also known as the feast of the Incarnation) is another feast common to the liturgical calendar of most major Christian denominations. In fact, the early Church placed a greater emphasis on it than it did Christmas (whose date was predicated on the feast of the Annunciation). The Biblical Story of the Annunciation The story celebrated by this solemnity is found in the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke, verses 26-39; that is, the apparition…Continue Reading