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Category: Guest Opinion

We should not “play God”

Posted on Dec 22, 2017 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
We should not "play God"

(Editor’s note: Bishop Thomas Zinkula wrote the following editorial in response to a front-page article in the Dec. 14 issue …Read More

Reflecting on a gift of real consolation

Posted on Dec 14, 2017Dec 13, 2017 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Reflecting on a gift of real consolation

By Frank Wessling The deepest prayer does indeed rise in us when we sense our helplessness, as Father Ron Rolheiser …Read More

The best walls have the widest portals

Posted on Dec 14, 2017Dec 13, 2017 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
The best walls have the widest portals

By Fr. Bud Grant This Advent season has me thinking about walls, borders and barriers, mostly because God, by becoming …Read More

Expecting God in Advent

Posted on Dec 7, 2017Dec 6, 2017 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Expecting God in Advent

(Editor’s note: Patrick Schmadeke, 27, is a graduate of St. Ambrose University (‘13) and a student in the Master of …Read More

The virtue of impatience?

Posted on Nov 30, 2017Nov 29, 2017 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
The virtue of impatience?

By Corinne Winter How many times have we heard, “Patience is a virtue?” So often perhaps that the saying itself …Read More

The Francis effect on climate change

Posted on Nov 16, 2017Nov 15, 2017 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
The Francis effect on climate change

By Fr. Bud Grant The last 115 years constitute “the warmest in the history of modern civilization” according to the …Read More

The church in a state of becoming

Posted on Nov 9, 2017Nov 8, 2017 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
The church in a state of becoming

(Editor’s note: Patrick Schmadeke, 26, is a graduate of St. Ambrose University (‘13) and a student in the Master of …Read More

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