Dwight Longenecker's Blog, page 216

The Hyperloop Super Fast Train

Here’s a possible new invention– a super high speed train that zips you from one city to another using that technology that whisks the canister from your the drive thru window at the bank over to the teller. It’s called the Hyperloop…

Suicide or Catholicism

Here is a long article from the archives that is worth re-reading and sharing. It’s a step by step argument for the inevitable truth of Catholicism…see what you think. If you like it share your faith by sharing the post!

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Stoning the Prophets

From time to time a blogger or preacher will offend. Sometimes we offend because we’ve made a mistake, we’ve been arrogant or careless or insensitive to others. It happens. Its a risk you take as soon as you start blogging or preaching. Blogging is especially tricky because it is an instant medium. You write fast [Read More...]

Not Peace But a Sword

A very sweet Catholic lady I knew, when confronted with an example of rabid anti-Catholicism, said, “I don’t understand this. I don’t think I hate anybody because of their religion, but I probably love Muslims the least.” I couldn’t disagree. It’s hard not to perceive Muslims as a hateful threat to Christianity and our own [Read More...]

Worried About Money?

They say polite people never discuss money, sex or religion. I guess I’m not very polite. It seems to me that money, sex and religion are the only three really interesting subjects. Maybe that’s why polite people are so boring. I found myself worrying about money the other day. I’m privileged to be parish priest [Read More...]

Liberation Theology and Argentina’s Slum Priests

Has Pope Francis given the nod to Liberation Theology? The LA Times reports here on the slum priests in Argentina. These men are living in the slums with people who have overwhelming social, health, financial, societal and relationship problems. They are doing a wonderful work ministering Christ’s love to the poorest of the poor. I [Read More...]

Blogging the Gospel

Simcha Fisher is one of my favorite bloggers and just about the only “Mommy Blogger” I read apart from The Crescat who is a kind of the chupacabra of mommy bloggers. Simcha writes here about her approach to blogging and her reactions to the mommy bloggers whose output is more pretty than gritty. It got [Read More...]

St Anthony’s Chapel

Finding some second hand church stuff in Pittsburgh, we also stopped to visit St Anthony’s Chapel–the largest collection of holy relics outside the Vatican. Carol was our helpful guide.

Call Me an Evangelical Charismatic Liberal Conservative Progressive Traditionalist…

…or call me Catholic. One of my life slogans is the dictum by F.D.Maurce that “A man is most often right in what he affirms and wrong in what he denies.” I realize that my own prejudices and background incline me towards what seems to be a more conservative viewpoint, but I reject the title [Read More...]