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  • The Catholic Roots of African American Christianity

    In October 1991, workers in Lower Manhattan accidentally discovered a burial ground dating back to the seventeenth century that contained the intact remains of 419 Black people. They were taken to Howard University for anthropological examination and, in 2003, returned to Manhattan to be solemnly reburied in what is now

  • Papal Responses to the Emergence of the TLM Movement

    The Movement to Return to the Tridentine Liturgy Because of the rather chaotic manner in which the liturgical reform was implemented, and particularly because of deviations and irregularities perpetrated by some priests, the desire gradually grew among some priests and faithful to return to Tridentine Mass (often called the Traditional

  • Divine Love: “A Special Kind of Love and Mercy”

    Recently, a friend shared with me that during a Sunday church meeting, their instructor suggested God’s love was not unconditional. That did not land well for many of those in attendance and led to some rather animated discussion about God’s love. It reminded me that we are accustomed to speaking

  • Sermon Notes | Episode Nine | Wade Owens

    Subscribe Now    How Can They Believe? Sermon Notes | Episode 9 In this episode, Pastor Wade Owens (The Church at Nolensville) joins hosts Amy-Jo Girardier and Garrett Gregory to talk about being sent and evangelism in a lost world. Plus, they reminisce about their favorite Halloween memories. Notes from

  • Thinking about Abortion

    By Thomas Lambrecht “As of today, I am responsible for 18,617 abortions.” Those were the words on a note handed to my friend, the Rev. Dr. Carolyn Moore, pastor of Mosaic Church in Evans, Georgia. It was from a young woman who was desperately seeking counsel. “For three years, she’d