Fr. John Coleman’s Blog
Starting in April, 2009, Fr. John Coleman, S.J., Associate Pastor at St. Ignatius, will create blog entries on this page twice each month. We invite you to bookmark this page and to make Fr. Coleman’s thoughts and insights a source of your spiritual nourishment.
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Aug 18, 2016:
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Roe |
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July 18, 2016:
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Of Gods and Women |
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July 11, 2016:
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Pope Francis on Human Trafficking |
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June 27, 2016:
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Visiting Our Sister Parish in El Salvador |
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June 2, 2016:
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Amoris Laetitia—The Joy of Love |
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May 18, 2016:
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Mary, the Mother of Mercy |
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May 12, 2016:
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Mapping The East and Putting China at the Center of the World |
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Apr 13, 2016:
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Thinking About the Death Penalty |
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Apr 7, 2016:
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Catholic Economics:Alternatives to the Jungle |
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Mar 9, 2016:
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The Lady in the Van |
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Mar 2, 2016:
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The Name of God is Mercy |
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Feb 24, 2016:
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Ignatian Charism and Inter-Religious Dialogue |
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Feb 8, 2016:
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Mercy:The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Life |
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Jan 20, 2016:
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Convocation of Priests of the Archdiocese |
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Jan 1, 2016:
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What Happened in Paris |
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Dec 14, 2015:
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Mercy in the City |
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Dec 2, 2015:
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Advent: Spirituality and Practices |
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Nov 27, 2015:
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M Train – Spiritual if Not Totally Religious |
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Nov 2, 2015:
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Being Mortal Yet Growing Old Gracefully |
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Oct 5, 2015:
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Praying with and Being with Mary |
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Sept 15, 2015:
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Amy Winehouse |
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Sept 1, 2015:
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What Happened at The Council of Trent |
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Aug 17, 2015:
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Reflecting on Jury Duty |
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July 27, 2015:
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Art and Spirituality: The Late Paintings of J.M.W. Turner |
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July 27, 2015:
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Our Kids |
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July 13, 2015:
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Flannery O Connor Gifted Artist & Holy Woman |
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June 22, 2015:
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Laudato Si—Ecological Spirituality |
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June 15, 2015:
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Choir Boy |
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May 26, 2015:
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Sacrificing Priests on the Altar of Insurance |
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May 11, 2015:
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Persecution |
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Apr. 30, 2015:
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Rage Against the Machines |
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Apr. 14, 2015:
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The Face of Mercy |
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Mar. 24, 2015:
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The 2015 Synod on the Family |
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Mar. 11, 2015:
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Sacred Fire |
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Feb. 27, 2015:
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The Convert |
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Feb. 17, 2015:
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A Sociologist’s Take on the Archdiocese’s Handbook for Teachers in Catholic High Schools |
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Jan. 26, 2015:
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Gay Ministry |
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Jan. 15, 2015:
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New Forms of Evangelization |
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Dec. 11, 2014:
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Catholic Resources for Thinking About Creation Care |
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Dec. 2, 2014:
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Praying and Reflecting on Advent |
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Nov. 24, 2014:
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My Bright Abyss |
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Nov. 14, 2014:
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The Spirituality and Mysticism of Saint Francis of Assisi |
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Oct. 14, 2014:
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The Whale |
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Sept. 10, 2014:
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Ignatian Discernment of Spirits |
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Sept. 2, 2014:
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Retreat in the Everyday World |
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Aug 22, 2014:
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Stepin Fetchit Meets Mohammed Ali |
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Aug. 5, 2014:
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Kids on Our Border |
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July 21, 2014:
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Deacons in the U.S. Church |
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June 25, 2014:
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Ida |
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June 6, 2014:
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The Mystery of Gift and Time: Centering on the Present |
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May 21, 2014:
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Why Greater Equality Makes a Big Difference to the Health of Societies |
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Apr. 21, 2014:
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Fences |
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Mar. 25, 2014:
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What to Expect and Hope for in Pope Francis’ First Encyclical |
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Mar. 12, 2014:
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Julian of Norwich |
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Feb. 28, 2014:
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The Ironies of Wonder Woman |
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Feb. 18, 2014:
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The Past |
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Jan. 30, 2014:
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Catholic Prison Ministry |
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Jan. 21, 2014:
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Learning to See Differently |
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Dec. 3, 2013:
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On Consulting the Faithful on Pastoral Questions |
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Nov. 20, 2013:
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Pope Francis on the Dignity of Labor |
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Nov. 12, 2013:
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Recommended Spiritual Reading |
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Oct. 31, 2013:
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I and You = We |
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Oct. 10, 2013:
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The Best Jesus Book I Know |
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Sept. 10, 2013:
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Labyrinths |
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Sept. 6, 2013:
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Love Poems From God |
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August 6, 2013:
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Remembering Robert N. Bellah |
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July 30, 2013:
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The Jesuits and “Secularization” |
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July 16, 2013:
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Mysticism and Meditation: Buddhist and Christian |
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July 2, 2013:
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Some Reflections on Doma and Proposition 8 |
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May 23, 2013:
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The International Religious Freedom Report of 2012 |
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May 10, 2013:
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Objects of Belief |
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Apr. 30, 2013:
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Disconnect |
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Apr. 10, 2013:
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The Whipping Man |
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Apr. 2, 2013:
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Washing the Feet of Women on Holy Thursday |
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Mar. 28, 2013:
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Pacem in Terris at 50 |
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Mar. 6, 2013:
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Why is the Vatican Interested in the Search for Life in the Universe? |
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Feb. 6, 2013:
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They Do Not Serve Who Only Stand and Wait |
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Jan. 25, 2013:
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A Catholic Voice on Immigration Reform |
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Jan. 8, 2013:
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Spiritual Reading for Ordinary Time |
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Dec. 26, 2012:
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Post-Christmas Spiritual Reading |
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Dec. 4, 2012:
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It’s A Wonderful Life |
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Nov. 20, 2012:
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Quis Cutodiet Custodes |
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Nov. 16, 2012:
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Whither Catholic Health Care |
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Oct. 24, 2012:
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Job and The Mystery of Suffering |
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Oct. 15, 2012:
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On Retreat |
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Oct. 1, 2012:
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Us vs. Them |
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Sept. 18, 2012:
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Mission Statements, Strategic Planning and Spirituality |
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August 17, 2012:
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Lectio Divina |
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August 7, 2012:
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Edith Stein |
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July 29, 2012:
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The Moral Limits of Markets |
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July 13, 2012:
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Thomas Merton and the Dialogue with Buddhism |
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June 29, 2012:
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Loyalty Oaths in the Church |
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June 14, 2012:
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Putting Spirituality and Catholic Social Teaching Together |
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May 17, 2012:
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Will The Girl Scouts Cookie Crumble? |
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May 9, 2012:
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Bullying |
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April 24, 2012:
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The Dialogue Church |
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April 10, 2012:
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Othello and Complicity |
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April 2, 2012:
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March 23, 2012:
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March 8, 2012:
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March 1, 2012:
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February 2, 2012:
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January 17, 2012:
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January 10, 2012:
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January 4, 2012:
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December 20, 2011:
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December 6, 2011:
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November 14, 2011:
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November 8, 2011:
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October 21, 2011:
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October 13, 2011:
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September 21, 2011:
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September 1, 2011:
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August 16, 2011:
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July 31, 2011:
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July 17, 2011:
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June 26, 2011:
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June 14, 2011:
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May 25, 2011:
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May 13, 2011:
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April 28, 2011:
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March 30, 2011:
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March 8, 2011:
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February 26, 2011:
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February 16, 2011:
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February 1, 2011:
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January 16, 2011:
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December 31, 2010:
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December 18, 2010:
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Parsing American Religion
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December 5, 2010:
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November 13, 2010:
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October 7, 2010:
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Australia’s First Canonized Saint
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September 23, 2010:
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How Ten Trends Are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church
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September 9, 2010:
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August 19, 2010:
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A Spirituality for Real Life
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July 28, 2010:
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July 17, 2010:
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June 24, 2010:
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June 15, 2010:
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May 29, 2010:
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May 16, 2010:
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May 3, 2010:
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What Can Churches Do?
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April 13, 2010:
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Inhumane,
Morally Wrong |
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March 28, 2010:
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March 24, 2010:
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February 25, 2010:
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February 16, 2010:
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January 28, 2010:
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Ardent
and Consequential Love as Ordinary Faithfulness |
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January 18, 2010:
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December 27, 2009:
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December 12, 2009:
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November 22, 2009:
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November 3, 2009:
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October 5, 2009:
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September 22, 2009:
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September 6, 2009:
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August 19, 2009:
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August 2, 2009:
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July 6, 2009:
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June 24, 2009:
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June 12, 2009:
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May 21, 2009:
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April 17, 2009:
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