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Redeeming the Revolution (opens the original)
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‘A Theology of the Body constitutes a kind of time bomb set to go off in the third millennium of the Church.’ —George WeigelThis is the second part of a two-part abridged version of an article I wrote for Credo Magazine, which you can read in full (online and for free) in mid-October. The entire edition is on The Theology of the Body and is full of articles better than mine!Cancel culture. Freedom to destroy one’s body; illegal in therapy to be reconciled to it. Christians with lustful histories
Counseling Ban (and Worse) Activates Today (opens the original)
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Casting out one demon may well invite others to return. ‘And the final condition was worse than the first’ (Lk. 11:26).So goes the case for Jackson County, Missouri (home of Kansas City) and its decision to broaden its counseling ban to include adults receiving care and a broad range of caregivers. Subscribe nowThe county repealed its original ban due to the SCOTUS decision last March. Remember
Redeeming the Revolution (opens the original)
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This is a two-part abridged version of an article I wrote for Credo Magazine that you can check out in full (online and for free) in mid-October. The entire edition is on The Theology of the Body and is full of articles better than mine!There is no better guide to sexual wholeness than St. John Paul II’s The Theology of the Body (TOB). Rather than lower the bar to accommodate brokenness, John Paul raises our sexuality to the divine; he probes the height and depth of what it means to bear His ima
See What God Sees (opens the original)
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‘For the eyes of the Lord roam throughout the earth, so that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.’ —2 Chronicles 16:9I had lunch the other day with a ‘gay’-identified friend; his yearning for God surfaced cautiously from his self-reliance. He longs for, but struggles to express, something more than the status quo: his lover (now annoying roommate), work, and travel. He wants Jesus. Sin can’t extinguish his deepest cry.We who love persons in conflict with Jesus due to sexu
Reunion (opens the original)
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‘Always forward, never back.’ —St. Junipero Serra50th High School reunion. Huh. Mixed feelings about those years, at least. On one hand, some life-giving experiences; on the other, secret desires that by my 18th year had become the driving force of my life, surfacing as a ‘gay’ self and motivating me to dangerous, unjust actions. I went to the prom with a young woman (sweet and lovely) whom I dropped off then raced to a ‘gay’ lover in another part of town. Divided and dark.I don’t view this time
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