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Writing about prayer: “It’s tap-dancing on the radio”
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jmcgee
The astonishing Mary Karr reflects on prayer and writing: Writing about prayer to a secular audience is tap-dancing on the radio. I want to say “Gee whiz, isn’t this great” and have everyone’s head cocked like the RCA dog. I get very quiet. I listen to my breath. I get on my knees before I…
A holy water font for the swine flu era
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jmcgee
Necessity is the mother of invention, of course, and an Italian inventor — sensing a necessity — has invented something that blends the sacred with the sensible: The terracotta dispenser, used in the northern town of Fornaci di Briosco, functions like an automatic soap dispenser in public washrooms — a churchgoer waves his or her…
Lest we forget…
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jmcgee
In Kabul, a military chaplain prepares for a service in a British cemetery to mark Remembrance Day. Commonwealth countries as well as other countries around the world observe two minutes of silence at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month (11:00 am, 11 November), marking the time (in the United Kingdom)…
An early Veteran’s Day gift for you
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jmcgee
If this doesn’t make you weep, check your pulse. It’s brief, and just plain wonderful. The Return from Iraq – Awesome video clips here H/T New Advent and Creative Minority Report
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