Fr. Christian Mathis | September 4, 2010
Once again I am participating in Elizabeth Esther’s Saturday Evening Blogpost. My favorite post from August is entitled, Beginning with the Liturgy. Like many of my favorite posts, I like this one because it opened the door to some lively and thoughtful conversation in the comment section. Be sure to head over to Elizabeth’s blog [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | August 30, 2010
Today I am happy to use my blog to promote my friend Elizabeth’s new venture as an official newspaper columnist. Elizabeth and I have met through the blogosphere and I love her writing. One of the things that most impresses me about her is her ability to take on topics that are somewhat off color [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | August 7, 2010
Today I am happy once again to be taking part in Elizabeth Esther’s Saturday Evening Blogpost. I have to admit to missing a few in recent months, but always like to participate by revisiting a post from the past month. Since several people have mentioned that they liked this post, I have chosen one entitled, Love [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | May 1, 2010
Today I am happy once again to be taking part in Elizabeth Esther’s Saturday Evening Blogpost. Elizabeth is a bit behind on with her monthly opportunity for bloggers to share what they believe to be their best post of the previous month, but I am glad to see that she is back in the game. [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | March 6, 2010
Today I am happy to be participating again in Elizabeth Esther’s Saturday Evening Blogpost. I was fortunate enough to spend a good deal of time over at her blog last month discussing a book called Evangelical Is Not Enough, By Thomas Howard. This month I have chosen one of the more commented upon posts from [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | February 6, 2010
Today I am happy to be participating again in Elizabeth Esther’s Saturday Evening Blogpost. I am choosing to share a post called Forgiveness as Participation in the Divine. The words of Metropolitan Anthony have continued to echo in my heart and mind for some time now. Please make sure you check out the many other [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | February 5, 2010
Continuing with discussions on Thomas Howard’s book, Evangelical Is Not Enough, we come to the chapter entitled, “Christian Worship”. If you haven’t had the opportunity to see the wonderful dialogue at Elizabeth Esther’s blog, which is the inspiration for this series of reflections, I invite you to do so. In this post I hope simply [...]
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Tags: Advent Conspiracy, Bible Belt, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Elizabeth Esther, Evangelical Christianity, hymns, Incarnation, John Wesley, kneeling, Liturgy, posture, prayer, sacrifice, sitting, standing, symbols, Thomas Howard, vestments, worship