Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 14th, 2009
Kateri Tekakwitha, also known as “Lily of the Mohawks,” “Genevieve of New France,” and “The Frigid Midget,” is on the short list for sainthood after having returned from the grave to perform a top-secret miracle: Just what the recent miracle is that’s been attributed to the intercession or divine intervention of Kateri Tekakwitha, known as [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 27th, 2009
Back when I attended Vacation Bible Camp (and won the Color War “homiletics” competition for my team three summers in a row) we used to think of “miracles” as things like “Sea Mysteriously Parts” and “Convicted Criminal Rises From Dead to Seek Revenge” and “Bread and Wine Magically Changes into Flesh and Blood Without Violating [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2009
Over at HuffPo, “after-hours rabbi” Alan Lurie describes four “impediments” to “experiencing god” that he wishes he’d lectured a skeptical job applicant about. 4. The worry that “spiritual experiences” are just feel-good self-indulgence. Why would someone worry that something is a “feel-good self-indulgence”? Here are some other feel-good self-indulgences: eating cookie dough straight from the [...]
