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Religious frenzy

My previous post on humanist ritual-making has generated a firestorm of comments, including several from Dan, a fellow New Mexican who often comments critically on my political posts, and who has now weighed in on the Catholic Church. Dan writes:
The whole original point of my post, which was a response to Moralia’s post lambasting [...]

Posted 01 January 2009 † Brigette Russell § History § Religion ‡ Comments (25) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Rituals human and divine

As I sat in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi on Christmas eve, listening to my daughters and the rest of the children’s choir singing about the nativity of the Lord, I couldn’t help thinking about an article I’d read in the New Mexican a few days before about secular humanist parents:
They are [...]

Posted 29 December 2008 † Brigette Russell § Parenthood § Religion § Santa Fe § The Culture Wars ‡ Comments (20) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Good gays, bad Catholics and enlightened exegesis

In a June 29, 2008, piece in the Opinion section of the Santa Fe New Mexican, Michael J. Chávez wrote of how gratified he was to see so many churches represented at the Gay Pride parade in Albuquerque earlier this month. He saw this is a positive step, but only a beginning toward his [...]

Posted 30 June 2008 † Brigette Russell § Religion § Santa Fe § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Catholic in the Bible Belt

Today on the Paragraph Farmer, my friend and fellow Catholic Patrick O’Hannigan shares a story about an earnest Protestant woman who stopped him in a parking lot to pray over him because she saw that he walked with a limp.
“Do you know the Lord?” the woman asked him before then asking if she [...]

Posted 03 June 2008 † Brigette Russell § Religion § Santa Fe ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,