Today is the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels. I guess you could say that technically Michael is not a saint since he is not a human being. He is an angel. He is only one of two angles named in the Scriptures, with Gabriel being the other. As we read about them in [...]

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One of my favorite C.S. Lewis quotes is: We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition, when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at [...]

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I have been using this blog to present my theological musings, and rightfully so. But sometimes, lighter matters also have to be considered. So, because I do enjoy humor, here goes. On Saturday, my good friend Victor Encinas sent me a video to watch. Victor knows me well, as we go back to high school [...]

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I Corinithians 13 is the New Testament Lesson from today’s Morning Prayer Lectionary. Sometimes its best to just let the Word of God speak. 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic [...]

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Catchy title! Actually it’s the name of new book by a religion professor at Boston University. The book is about college students and sexuality. I haven’t read it yet, but did just read an interview with the author in Christianity Today. Given that our society is a bit sex-crazed at them moment (maybe its always [...]

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