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Are you a wuss?
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jmcgee
If so, stop reading now. The Anchoress looks at what is happening in the American workplace and links to this profane and hilarious piece by Larry McCoy. Larry McCoy is definitely not a wuss. Believe me, I know. (Ignore that picture on the left showing him with a ladybug. He usually doesn’t look that nice…
Here come the deacons
By
jmcgee
The growth of the diaconate has prompted a reporter from Religion News Service to look into the vocation — and the resulting article has a few familiar names: He’s performed so many funerals, they call him “Burying Joe.” A recent Saturday afternoon found Joe Krysiak again at a cemetery, his white alb and paisley stole…
Deep thoughts with Dave Barry
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jmcgee
“The truth is, if you’re a conscious human being, you are conscious more and more of two things. First, you’re going to die. Second, while you’re alive, bad things are going to happen to you and people around you, and there’s nothing you can do about it. And I don’t think we’re good at that.…
Stereotyping celibacy
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jmcgee
The other day, in the Boston Globe, former priest and current author James Carroll had this to say about celibacy: The Catholic scandal has laid bare an essential pathology that is unique to the culture of clericalism, and mandatory celibacy is essential to it. Immaturity, narcissism, misogyny, incapacity for intimacy, illusions about sexual morality —…
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