Franciscan Spirituality
Lent with Father Casey Cole: Death
Casey Cole, OFM
March 31, 2017
My grandmother lived a very long, full life. In the 91 years before she died, she raised a family of 10 children—her crown jewel—who then produced her 28 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
God’s Gift: The Ten Commandments
Jim Van Vurst, OFM
March 28, 2017
In 1988, Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, a multimillionaire, and a man of strong opinions, addressed the National Press Association in Atlanta about the Ten Commandments...
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Lent with Father Casey Cole: Keep Going
Casey Cole, OFM
March 24, 2017
“I’ve made it.” In a moment of self-reflection, have you ever looked around at your life—all that you’ve done, all that you have, and all that the future holds—and realized that you were on a mountain?
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Lent with Father Casey Cole: Confidence
Casey Cole, OFM
March 17, 2017
No one, no matter how powerful, can control how we feel or what we think of ourselves. And yet even the weakest words from the weakest people often do just that, even to adults.
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Sharing the Good News
Susan Hines-Brigger
March 14, 2017
Seek truth and report it. Minimize harm. Act independently. Be accountable and transparent. Those are the four principles that the Society of Professional Journalists says are the foundation of ethical journalism.
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Pope Francis: Who Am I to Judge?
Diane M. Houdek
March 13, 2017
We are all masters, we are all experts, when it comes to justifying ourselves.
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Lent with Father Casey Cole: Identity
Casey Cole, OFM
March 10, 2017
Guilty by association. While a concept that does not stand up in a court of law, we know that it is a very powerful force in the court of public opinion. When someone does something bad, the moral character of ...
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