Category Archives: Fr Longenecker

Scott Hahn’s Consuming the Word

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Here’s a book review by guest blogger and catechist Christian LeBlanc. Christian is author of The Bible Tells Me So–a charming and enlightening book to help catechists communicate the faith using the Bible stories

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Scott Hahn’s Consuming the Word

Catholicism – Ever Ancient Ever New

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I have been very busy in my life as a parish priest the past week and not had time to blog very much.

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Catholicism – Ever Ancient Ever New

Blogged Out

Is anybody still out there?

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Blogged Out

If I Only Had a Heart – Educating the Emotions

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Welcome to Standing on My Head! I’m a former Evangelical, then an Anglican priest, now a Catholic priest.

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If I Only Had a Heart – Educating the Emotions

Strange Notions

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Yay!  Brandon Vogt has started a new website to encourage dialogue with atheists.

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Strange Notions

What’s Killing American Catholicism – 3

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Sorry for the break from blogging, but parish and family life have been very busy this last week.What’s killing American Catholicism? This is the third part of a series.

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What’s Killing American Catholicism – 3

God’s Favorite Place on Earth

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Frank Viola is a non-Catholic Christian who’s main mission is to draw people to encounter Christ in simplicity and honesty. His latest book is titled God’s Favorite Place on Earth.The premise of the book is simple and Bible based

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God’s Favorite Place on Earth

Obama and Gosnell

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Welcome to Standing on My Head! I’m a former Evangelical, then an Anglican priest, now a Catholic priest.

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Obama and Gosnell

Rooster Cogburn Catholicism

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Taking a break today in my series on What’s Killing American Catholicism. Instead, on the same theme, here’s one from the archives called Rooster Cogburn Catholicism

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Rooster Cogburn Catholicism

What’s Killing American Catholicism – 2

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I’m continuing a series on things that are destroying American Catholicism. They all begin with the letter ‘C’–as does the solution to the problem

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What’s Killing American Catholicism – 2

The Taylor Marshall Trilogy

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There’s a delightful story at the beginning of Taylor Marshall’s book The Crucified Rabbi. As a young Episcopal priest Taylor went to visit a woman in hospital who turned out to be Jewish

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The Taylor Marshall Trilogy

Special Offer – Adventures in Orthodoxy

I am clearing out my back stock of my book Adventures in Orthodoxy. The price is just $6.95

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Special Offer – Adventures in Orthodoxy

What’s Killing American Catholicism – 1

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Reading Sherry Weddell’s excellent Forming Intentional Disciples is making me think about the American church and what ails her. Can anybody deny that there is a sickness in the body ecclesia

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What’s Killing American Catholicism – 1

Mantilla on Wimmin Priests’ Vestments

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Guest blogger Mantilla Amontillado is the founder of Veritas Vestments. She holds a degree in Ecclesiastical Haberdashery from Salamanca University.

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Mantilla on Wimmin Priests’ Vestments

WhadamIgonnado? Too Much Stuff to Read

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If I were getting paid for being a book reviewer then I would have it made.Almost every day another envelope comes with another worthy book. The pile on my desk is getting higher and higher and I am tempted to start another blog just for book reviews

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WhadamIgonnado? Too Much Stuff to Read

Did Religion Motivate the Boston Bombers?

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Did Religion Motivate the Boston Bombers?

Fathers Know Best

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One of the recurrent themes in the conversion stories of former Protestant ministers is their discovery of the Apostolic Fathers. Ever since Bl.

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Fathers Know Best

The Vicar on Mrs Thatcher

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Guest blogger, The Rev’d Humphrey Blytherington is Vicar of St Hilda’s, Little Snoring with All Saints, Great Snoring.

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The Vicar on Mrs Thatcher

Jesus and the End of the World

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One of the problems with the supernatural aspect of the Christian faith is that dull rationalists keep picking it apart complaining that there are inconsistencies, illogical statements impossibilities and just plain stupid stuff in the Bible.Explaining the Biblical and religious language is not easy when the person is unschooled and inexperienced in a religious way of thinking.

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Jesus and the End of the World

Real Religion and Nazi Zombies

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What is the difference between real religion and Nazi zombies? It’s the difference between faith and an ideology.

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Real Religion and Nazi Zombies