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I apologize if I’m getting a little too carried away with angels as of late. But it is Advent, and yes, this miracle stuff helps me to believe that God is in control. I’m like a kid when it comes to my faith. The more tangible evidence, the better: bring on the tales of stigmatas,…

I’m not sure if the producers of TNT’s series “Saving Grace,” timed the episodes to match the appropriate scripture readings of the Christian liturgical year, but they sure did nail the message of the first week of Advent: “Yo, Grace! Wake up! Because you’re headed to hell!” I absolutely loved the dialog of the first…

Also fitting for Advent, is the “Saving Grace” moment in my life: that specific point in my past in which I took inventory and made a few changes. I describe it in a blog post I wrote last year this time, “Gabriel and Directions.” Click here if you want to read it.

Dear God, I get the point of today’s readings: Stay awake! Wait! In his letter to the Romans (Romans 13:11-12), St. Paul says: Brothers and sisters: You know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. Matthew has you…

If you’ve been reading Beyond Blue with any regularity, you know Larry Parker, because Larry is my most, um, vocal and frequent, commenter. He is extremely intelligent. Philosophical and sophisticated brains like his are the reason I kept my mouth shut in theology class. I let boys and girls like him duke it out with…

This journal entry (blog post) of Larry’s can be found at http://community.beliefnet.com/blogs/1580 (with thanks to David Kuo of Bnet’s “J-Walking” blog for the inspiration … and apologies in advance to my non-Catholic/Christian friends online and off …) David Kuo, the former White House aide who has turned sharply critical of President Bush for not putting…

And this blog post/journal entry of Larry’s can be found at http://community.beliefnet.com/blogs/1741. Since I wrote a valedictory to the city of New Brunswick in one of my last posts, I thought I would share another valedictory — the thank you letter I just posted on the listserv of my support group, where I have been…

Patton Dodd, Beliefnet’s Christianity Editor, is compiling best and worst Christmas stories on a Beliefnet Community page (click here). It got me thinking about mine … My best Christmas was the first year that my dad and mom were separated–I was in sixth grade–and my dad came over after Christmas Eve mass and gave my…

WARNING: I do not look like my chipper (manic) self in this video. And I wasn’t going to let you see me looking this way, but then I got an e-mail from Beyond Blue reader Nancy, and she was really struggling, and, well, I thought I owed it to you to show you how I…

Thanks to Beyond Blue reader Becky P. who explained the difference between perseverance and steadfastness on the comment board of “Dear God: On Perseverance“: I had a really hard weekend and I’ve noticed those too well known symptoms of my depression, starting to hit me, full force. After several nights of not sleeping, looking for…
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