
When Plans Go Awry


โMany complaints about the โdisunityโ of the Church are actually complaints about how God knits in the darkness of the wombโ (Papa Donโt Pope, p. 7).
โA shepherd who tolerates wolves is a shepherd who hates his own sheep. A shepherd who loves his sheep is one who fights the wolvesโ (Papa Donโt Pope, p. 6).
So one small postscript from my โNo Quarter Novemberโ remains necessary. I did want to share with you all that my month-long adventure in blogging without brakes did garner me a visit from the FBI. It was not as exciting as it sounds, but it was noteworthy, and worthy of a few follow-up observations. dav …
โTrue catholicity begins with defining catholicityโ (Papa Donโt Pope, p. x).
Emeth and All: I once listened to a liberal preacher from a liberal denomination expound on John 14:6 and point to the โconclusionโ that we cannot say Jesus meant belief involving conscious awareness is required to come to the Father through Him. He would not quite say that is not, he just questioned it in …
โWe do not live in a post-Christian America. We live in a post-resurrection America, and there is nothing whatever that can be done to reverse thatโ (Same Sex Mirage, p. 259).
โLosing does not disturb us; it does not unsettle our faith. This is something the Church generally does really well. Speaking frankly, we frequently lose successfully far more often than we succeed successfully. Losing is our secret weaponโ (Same Sex Mirage, pp. 258-259).
โEither same-sex unions will once again be rejected by all fifty states, with homosexuality therefore returning to the closet, or, second, your decision will stand in all fifty states, and the faithful church in America will go off-grid and underground in various ways, with all that implies, or, third, the Union will come apart โ …
