April 30, 2026

Category :Church

At last count…

Sheila November 30, 2009

The Manhattan Declaration is spreading at an astonishing rate. Just the other day, itÂ hadÂ nearly 50,000 signatures. Last time I Read More

Consistency for some?

Sheila November 30, 2009

That’s an oxymoron, when you’re talking about social policies that should affect everyone equally. And a double standard. Read More

Senate bill not just a disappointment

Sheila November 24, 2009

It’s an enormous one, in view of what the US body of bishops so wholeheartedlyÂ encouraged senators to do Read More

Over 47,200 signatures

Sheila November 23, 2009

The Manhattan DeclarationÂ is growing and recalling Christians to conscience. It starts with this stirring and strong account. Christians are Read More

A favored religion

Sheila November 21, 2009

A newly appointed federal judge President Obama named to the Seventh Circuit isn’t getting much media scrutiny for a Read More

The 4,700 word declaration

Sheila November 20, 2009

The Manhattan Declaration. “Today at noon, a group of prominent Christian clergy, ministry leaders and scholars [released] the Manhattan Declaration, Read More

Liturgy, politics and….sex

Sheila November 20, 2009

About religious doctrines, traditions, cultural pressures, and the US bishops conference that just ended. It had a little of all Read More

Selective conscience & convenient privacy

Sheila November 13, 2009

Rep. Patrick Kennedy has lashed out against bishops of the Catholic Church very publicly.Â Kennedy’s bishop,Â Thomas Tobin of Read More

Bishops move

Sheila November 4, 2009

This is not a chess game, but there is a lot of intense strategy involved. The Democratic leadership membersÂ of Read More

‘Know what you are doing’

Sheila November 2, 2009

Saturday night, I turned on a recorded travel channelÂ show which had the edgy, irreverent hip and worldly star asking Read More