Monthly Archives: December 2014

BLOG 12/28/14. THE ‘MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS’

BLOG 12/28/14. THE POST-CHRISTMAS EVENT WE WISH TO OVERLOOK It is interesting that when the church developed it liturgical calendar, those many centuries ago, that the third day after Christmas: The Birth of Jesus, was designated to observe that horrible … Continue reading

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12/21/14: THERE’S SOMETHING ‘NOT SAFE’ ABOUT MARY AND JESUS

BLOG 12/21/14: THERE’S SOMETHING ‘NOT SAFE’ ABOUT MARY AND JESUS Amidst all of the ‘schmaltz’ (maudlin sentimentality) that has come to interpret/misinterpret the Advent celebration of our contemporary scene, a text that seems to get skipped-over so often is Mary’s … Continue reading

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12/17/14. CAN WE DEMYTHOLGIZE ‘CLERGY’?

BLOG 1217/14. CAN WE DEMYTHOLOGIZE CLERGY? This Blog is something of a confession, and may get me in trouble (so what’s new?), but I have been “ordained” now for sixty years, but so help me, I cannot find any reference … Continue reading

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BLOG 12/14/14. A PROTESTANT: “HAIL, MARY?” I started my pilgrimage as a follower of Christ in that part of the Protestant tradition where the Roman Catholic Church, and everything to do with it, was regarded with dire suspicion as some … Continue reading

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BLOG 12/10/14. THE CHURCH BEHIND ‘THE CHURCH’– BENEATH THE RADAR

BLOG 12/10/14. THE CHURCH BEHIND THE CHURCH: BENEATH THE RADAR From its very beginning the church has been called to: “Examine yourselves, to see whether you in in the faith. Test yourselves” (II Cor. 13:5). Or, maybe: “I know your … Continue reading

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BLOG 12/7/14. THE CHURCH BEHIND THE CHURCH: THE LOVE OF MUSIC

BLOG 12/7/14. THE CHURCH BEHIND THE CHURCH: THE LOVE OF MUSIC Those regular readers of these blogs know all too well by now that I, Bob Henderson, have something of a lover’s quarrel with the church as we have inherited … Continue reading

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12/3/14. ‘ENCHANTED COMMUNITY’ ? IS THE CHURCH ENCHANTED?

BLOG. 12/3/14. ENCHANTED COMMUNITY? IS THE CHURCH ENCHANTED? A few years ago I wrote a book entitled: Enchanted Community: Journey Into the Mystery of the Church (which gave this web site its name). I had sent the manuscript to a … Continue reading

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