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Crunchy Con on Saints and Signs
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Beliefnet’s Rod Dreher wrote an interesting post on saints and signs while back. You can get to his post by clicking here. I’ve pasted it below, but you should go to his post to read the interesting stories on the combox. Last week for some reason I decided to pull a biography of St. Silouan…
7 Saints for Healing and Comfort
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Beyond Blue
Beliefnet recently created a lovely gallery of saints with text by Thomas Craughwell. To get to the gallery, click here. For centuries, the saints of the Roman Catholic Church have served as both inspirations and intercessors. From the lives they lived to their deaths–many as martyrs–they serve as an example of what a devout and…
Don’t Cancel That Guilt Trip! Why We Need a Little of It
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Beyond Blue
When I was an assistant editor at U.S. Catholic magazine, I remember publishing a piece by Christine Gudorf called “Don’t Cancel That Guilt Trip.” She makes a strong case for why we should, as a society, hang on to a little guilt in so far as it shapes our consciences. Constructive guilt makes us grow spiritually. The…
Suicide and Eternal Damnation: Who Is Going to Hell?
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Beyond Blue
Group Beyond Blue member SurvivorForce started a discussion thread called “Are we damned if we commit suicide?” at Group Beyond Blue on Beliefnet’s Community. He wrote: I have heard that some believe suicide is unforgivable, and that God will condemn a person if they commit suicide. Does God not know that we are human,…
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