A few years ago I attended a Passion Play/Musical at a megachurch where I used to live. The play ended up being a sort of Cirque-du-Soleil performance of humanity from Adam and Eve to Jesus […]
Tag: Catholicism
Good Friday: Assigning Blame for Jesus’ Death
On this, the saddest of days in the Christian calendar, I will cut to the chase. There are two claims that I wish to dispel. One, the Jews killed Jesus. Two, our sins killed Jesus. […]
Holy Thursday: Remembering Judaism in a Christian World
This evening will mark the official beginning of the Easter Triduum in the Catholic Church. The Triduum begins the evening of Holy/Maundy Thursday, extends through Good Friday, and ends on the evening of Easter Sunday. […]
Being Catholic as a Response to God
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the widespread outrage against the Roman Catholic Church’s (mis)handling of sexual abuse cases. Over the past decade the fallout from the successive revelations of sin, cover-up, pride and […]
The Entangled Beauty of Ecumenism
On Christmas Eve I had the privilege of attending two Christmas services: a 4pm Evangelical Presbyterian Church service focused around children and an 8pm Roman Catholic Mass. Although the differences between the two services were […]
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