The End is Nigh, or is it? Maureen Dowd sets the two candidates before us with her usual droll insights and sharp reporting.
Good things can come from dialogue. A few weeks back I reported on a story which suggested a banning of IVP from the annual SBL Conference. But now peace and light has broken out.
Moving beyond conflict, Pope Francis has announced six new beatitudes. I like the last one especially.
Then an interesting, thoughtful, non-religious argument for marriage!
Only to be matched by an interesting, thoughtful and, of course, religious argument for celebrating critical theology but not being nostalgic for the days of sceptical theology.
Great news for the All Blacks at the weekend. They received one of their occasional lessons in humility. Enough said. No doubt the best links to this dose of comeuppance are in Gaelic!
But the sporting moment of the weekend might just be the "Best Ever Fielding" ever, when Bavuma ran out Warner at the WACA, with an extraordinary feat of athleticism and accuracy.
Remember, when all else turns to custard in the world at large, there is always Test Cricket :)
The Epic Win for Wales - a big cumuppance for National Supremacy in Sport!
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Oh BTW Fr Ron - it was the Catholic Irish who triumphed in Chicago not the non conformist Welsh :)
ReplyDeleteRight on, Andrei. I was mixing up my Celts. Ireland it was! (Mind you, the Welsh could have done it - to the same end!)
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ReplyDelete- The Irish rugby team is All-Ireland and has always had Protestant Ulstermen in it. That's why they have their own song 'Ireland's Call', not the national anthems of Britain or Ireland.
Ulster Rugby and its contribution to Irish Rugby - including stellar Irishmen like Rodney Ah You from Christchurch:
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