New Oxford Notes: January-February 2012
Shameless Shepherding
Bishops in Germany have taken an embarrassingly long time to learn that: "We cannot earn money during the week with what we preach against on Sundays."
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
Saints for a Secular Nation
Secularism could be said to be our national religion, with its own pantheon of "saints," including the newly "canonized" Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and perfecter of the glowing handheld idol.
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
You May Also Enjoy
Perhaps the fascination with monasticism is connected with the exotic quality of monks' lives, the tranquility, the strange sounding liturgical language...
A True Picture... No One to Cluster With?... “Unjust Social Structures”?... Delightful Conversation
"I die daily" is creedal. The more one waits on this phrase and lets it reverberate, the more one realizes that it focuses not just Paul the man but also a whole theology.