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The Deacon's Bench
“I will fulfill my religious vocation in another way”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
A friend sent this my way, and it’s a stunner. It’s a letter that was evidently written in 1995 by a nun who became pregnant after being raped by a Serb soldier in Yugoslavia. She is addressing her Mother Superior. How do you face pure evil? How do you go on living when your life…
Hey, hey we’re the Monkees…with Phil Collins
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
This is supposedly one of the most successful ads ever aired in Britain. It’s definitely different. H/T Andrew Sullivan, who thinks it has particular meaning in this election year.
Tradition, schmadition — UPDATED
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
A friend and former colleague from CBS, Dick Meyer, has weighed in on a phenomenon he knows well: the difficulty of some to embrace traditional faith. By way of introduction…Dick has just published a new book “Why We Hate Us”, which Publishers Weekly describes thusly: “In this study of American social self-loathing Meyer addresses why…
Getting out of Dodge
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Scott Dodge, that is. And if you visit his dandy blog, you will get a lot out of it. He’s got plenty of news, and ample spiritual food for thought. If his name seems vaguely familiar, I blogged about him several weeks back. He’s a deacon in Salt Lake City. I’m always thrilled to find…
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