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The Deacon's Bench
Wise words on preaching to the choir
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Deacon Greg Kandra
Anyone who has ever climbed into a pulpit to deliver a sermon can appreciate these words from Fr. John F. Kavanaugh, S.J., in America: As a preacher myself, I know there are few moments to compare with the affection and approval of parishioners after Mass, especially if you have been helpful in strengthening their faith.…
“Religion is one thing they encourage you to wear on your sleeve”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Are the U.S. service academies in the business of proselytizing? That seems to be the idea in this article from Wednesday’s New York Times — and, not surprisingly, not everyone is happy about it: Three years after a scandal at the Air Force Academy over the evangelizing of cadets by Christian staff and faculty members,…
The Italian job
By
deacon greg kandra
Ordinarily, I’d say that any excuse to put Anne Hathaway’s picture on my blog is a good one. But there actually is a good reason for it: her ex-boyfriend is in big trouble, for claiming close connections to the Vatican: Italian businessman Raffaello Follieri, who recently split from long-time girlfriend actress Anne Hathaway, was arrested…
How Christian readers made “The Shack” a smash
By
deacon greg kandra
In the unlikeliest of places — the New York Times — they had a story today about the unlikeliest of best-sellers, a Christian novel about God’s love. Take a look: Eckhart Tolle may have Oprah Winfrey, but “The Shack” has people like Caleb Nowak. Mr. Nowak, a maintenance worker near Yakima, Wash., first bought a…
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