14 Jan
As far as I know, there is no organized collocation of Catholic teaching on disability. We really need one. Not only a collection of ecclesial documents, but a few good essays on:
-healing, supernatural and natural, and its place in the lives of ordinary people
-theology of suffering, including a discussion of when to embrace suffering and [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Life Issues by: titlevariesslightly
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14 Jan
Ruth linked to this excellent post by Blue on The Gimp Parade which is partly about the Ashley X. controversy (and I’m NOT giving her parents the Google boost from a link; go search for it if you must) and partly about how “average” people just don’t get disability issues. And how wearing [...]
Posted in Disablism, Life Issues by: titlevariesslightly
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10 Jan
I’ve been listening of late to the new Beatles album, “Love.”
Or is it the Giles and George Martin album?
If you’re not up to speed on the whole controversy, you might want to start at the Wikipedia article about the album: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(The_Beatles_album)
To see the comments on Amazon, you would think that the Martins should be burned [...]
Posted in FRBR, Libraryland, Pop Culture by: titlevariesslightly
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10 Jan
I am taking advantage of Happy Catholic’s open tag on the Catholic Alphabet meme:
[A is for apparitions - your favorite]: Lourdes
[B is for Bible - the one you read most often]: RSV, Catholic Edition
[C is for Charism - the one you would most like to have]: I’d like to better understand my charisms.
D is for [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Me, me, me -- Norma Desmond! by: titlevariesslightly
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10 Jan
I know of no better way to begin than with Expagan’s Litany of Blog Humility
The Litany of Blog Humility
From the desire of my blog being read
Deliver me dear Jesus
From the desire of my blog being praised
Deliver me dear Jesus
From the fear of my blog being despised
Deliver me dear Jesus
From the fear of my blog being [...]
Posted in Me, me, me -- Norma Desmond! by: titlevariesslightly
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