Author: DeaconTim
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Fr. Corapi ROCKS!
Just got back to the hotel from a Splendor of Truth conference in Lexington, KY… Fr. Corapi is the speaker tonight and tomorrow. Not only did my 7 and my 10 year old girls absolutely demand to go with myself and Mrs. Fric, they were absolutely riveted by him. Emma, the oldest, has her Cathlolic…
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God Makes Good Out of Evil
We know that God allows evil in the world, because He has allowed us free will. We also know that death is the result of the intial evil in the world. (Satan… Adam… Eve… the Garden… Look it up.) God uses that evil, death, to bring about a Great Good in our salvation through the…
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Happy Belated Blogiversary!
OK, I am 5 days late with the Blogiversary announcement… We’ve been here a year now and though we have slowed considerably of late, we’re still not going away. I have had about a hundred or so ideas and thoughts I have wanted to blog on in the last several weeks… The murder of Terri…
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You know… This Blog Thing Was a Lot Easier When…
I didn’t have to drive 80 miles to work every day at the same time everyone else is driving to work. I had more than 2-3 hours of useful mental time before and after work to spend with kids, wife and do other income producing projects… All before I could blog. I could work from…
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Immaculate Conception
Friday was my day to talk theology with Protestants it seems. A friend of mine who is starting an online ministry teaching people the Biblical secrets to success is married to a former Greek Orthodox woman who is now a born again like him. Though they did have their marriage blessed in her GO parish.…
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Purgatory Discussion
Had an interesting conversation with a friend at work. He asked me about Purgatory. His wife’s family is Catholic and his mother in law made a statement about believing she is going to Purgatory when she dies. He of course doesn’t believe in Purgatory and needed some clarification about what it’s about and what it…
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Ash Wednesday
The beginning of Lent. The season we all dread the most… No meat on Friday. What to give up? What counts as meat? I hate fish. What exactly does fasting and abstinence mean anyway? Jimmy Akin did a great blog entry on the basics over at his site. Personally I am mixed about it this…
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Yet Another Reason Why the West is Mission Territory
Saw this story this morning and didn’t have time to blog it unfortunately. Had to get this in though. Germans Force Women Into Prostitution is the story. Man, Fric… There you go again. Making stuff up. Nope. Germany has some interesting laws and lack of laws concerning unemployment benefits and brothels. Brothels are legal in…
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Religion by Slogan?
I help a friend with the technical details on some internet “church” work he does. I don’t necessarily agree with his approach or interpretations all the time of course. Most of the time I’d say he preaches on the fringe of what might be acceptable to the Church. But tonight I was watching the chat…
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Interesting Phrase from Non-Catholics
I scan Dave Armstrong’s blog on a regular basis. Read it less regularly. Too much sometimes and too hard to track when he’s posting these virtural debates. But one trait I have noticed, especially from the more virulent anti-Catholics there and the fundies and evangelicals on the radio is a certain term. The Clear/Plain Meaning…