Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Marriage Encounter article and column
My feature on Worldwide Marriage Encounter ran in today's Patriot Ledger. I also had my recent Marriage Encounter weekend in mind when I wrote this week's family column. Enjoy!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Food for thought
I actually sat down this morning and read The Pilot, the weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston. In it was an article about how the Israeli ambassador to the Vatican is urging Jews to dialogue with Catholics.
The thing that struck me was when the ambassador, Mordechay Lewy, quoted Rabbi David Rosen of the American Jewish Committee, in an article he wrote for the Italian Jewish newspaper. The article was also printed in the Vatican newspaper.
Here's what he wrote that struck me so much:
"Claiming an absolute possession of truth would be to claim God's action in human hearts is limited."
I like that. I like it a lot.
Ohhh, boy. First politics, now religion. I'm sure I'm in for it, now.
The thing that struck me was when the ambassador, Mordechay Lewy, quoted Rabbi David Rosen of the American Jewish Committee, in an article he wrote for the Italian Jewish newspaper. The article was also printed in the Vatican newspaper.
Here's what he wrote that struck me so much:
"Claiming an absolute possession of truth would be to claim God's action in human hearts is limited."
I like that. I like it a lot.
Ohhh, boy. First politics, now religion. I'm sure I'm in for it, now.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Announcement
I welcome comments on my blog. While I especially welcome opinions that mirror mine (and who doesn't?) I do recognize that there are other viewpoints out there.
Comments written by people I do not know, who do not make their profiles public (in essence, anonymous commenters) may or may not be published. It's my blog, and I see no reason to publish comments that attack me or my writing, especially when the commenter isn't willing to identify him- or herself.
I stand by my writing, and invite commenters to do the same.
Thanks for reading!
Comments written by people I do not know, who do not make their profiles public (in essence, anonymous commenters) may or may not be published. It's my blog, and I see no reason to publish comments that attack me or my writing, especially when the commenter isn't willing to identify him- or herself.
I stand by my writing, and invite commenters to do the same.
Thanks for reading!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
This is not a discussion
I don't discuss politics.
Well, I will say that I do engage in a little bit of discussion -- and I mean very little -- with Earl, on occasion. But in general, I like to keep my political opinions to myself.
Some people enjoy political debate, and can remain civil and thoughtful even when confronted with opinions that are far different from their own.
Sadly, many cannot. This is why I don't discuss politics.
I don't enjoy listening to others discuss politics, either. Or watching, as in the case of Facebook over the past several days.
The Massachusetts special election for U.S. Senate is over. Hopefully the discussion will die down pretty soon.
Well, I will say that I do engage in a little bit of discussion -- and I mean very little -- with Earl, on occasion. But in general, I like to keep my political opinions to myself.
Some people enjoy political debate, and can remain civil and thoughtful even when confronted with opinions that are far different from their own.
Sadly, many cannot. This is why I don't discuss politics.
I don't enjoy listening to others discuss politics, either. Or watching, as in the case of Facebook over the past several days.
The Massachusetts special election for U.S. Senate is over. Hopefully the discussion will die down pretty soon.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
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