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What is the point Christians seem not to grasp? Think Compassion.
The curse of historians is often how we understand cultural phase change. All cultures and religions are resistant to understanding the phase change. There is a common thread in Christianity. We are starting with the teachings of Jesus, the Sermon on the Mount, the apostolic movements after Jesus, and especially when we understand why religious…
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Economics, See-Judge-Act, Synodality, and the Modern World
Joseph Cardinal Cardijn formulated the “See, Judge, Act” (SJA) method that became engrained in Catholic Social Teaching. SJA is a process of Looking at social justice issues as they affect society in the modern world. SJA is a way of developing a societal response to the injustices and evils we encounter. The tradition of Catholic Social Teaching…
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Green Junction: Hydraulic Fracturing by Julie Peller, Ph.D.
Hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as fracking, is an advanced technological process for mining natural gas and oil from the depths of the earth, typically 1000 to 4000 feet. The process requires huge amounts of fresh water, 1.5 million to 16 million gallons per well, that are mixed with chemicals to pressurize the wells and…
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Green Junction: Train Wrecks! by Julie Peller, Ph.D.
The recent train derailment and explosion in Ohio that released toxic chemicals was newsworthy given the magnitude of the crash, toxic releases and affected area. Our chosen way of life is dependent on all types of industrial chemicals and processes, and chemical spills and releases are common. Another fact is that these unhealthy contaminant discharges…
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See-Judge-Act: Following the Call
The lesson learned from Louis J Putz CSC is to think about the method of See-Judge-Act as a methodology. Let the technique and experience of following the Call, living the Sermon on the Mount in our lives and society, enter into our movements, daily lives, and organizations that we create to help bring about the reign of…
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Happy Birthday, St. Bonhoeffer
Happy Birthday, St. Bonhoeffer. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born on 4 February 1906, fully in the image and likeness of God. Like all of us, our life challenges us to maintain God’s likeness. Bonhoeffer became for the world a well-known theologian, pastor, and Nazi resister. He was educated in Europe and the US and had his…
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Green Junction: By Julie Peller, Ph.D., “one of the largest contributors to the climate and ecological crisis.”
A November 2022 publication of The United Nations Environment Program describes the fashion industry as “one of the largest contributors to the climate and ecological crisis. It is nature intensive, reliant on fossil fuels, polluting throughout its value chain and wasteful to the extreme. It is also predicated on a culture of overproduction and consumption,…