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SIXTIES LANGUAGE MADE MASS BORING

Fr. Barron hits the spot on how to see the new Mass translation.
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THE SURPRISINGLY RELAXED LIVES OF ELITE ACHIEVERS

For everyone heading into finals and the end of the semester!
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A MINOR FRIAR: ADVICE TO THEOLOGY STUDENTS

Equally good for undergraduate majors, graduate students, and those simply interested in theology.

THE MILQUETOAST RADICALS

David Brooks is so on-point about the fundamental frivolity and illusion of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

REPORTERS, BAPTISTS, ROMNEY & ‘CULTS’

Just can’t recommend GetReligion enough for anyone who wants to make sense of the ways that theological points appear in the news.
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BIG PICTURE AT WORLD YOUTH DAY: 'IT’S THE EVANGELICALS, STUPID!'

John Allen’s take on WYD just past.

Happy summer evening

THE COMING CLOUD WARS

If Silicon Valley were hosting a basketball tournament for consumer money and mindshare in the cloud, right now we’d be looking at a Final Four of Google, Apple (plus Twitter), Microsoft (plus Facebook) and Amazon (especially if they can make a compelling tablet).

HOW TO LAND YOUR KID IN THERAPY - THE ATLANTIC

The unfortunate roots and bad results of the helicopter parenting I see so much of at school.

ISRAELITES IN THE ANGLO-SAXON SEA

Fascinating take on Anglo-Saxon religious poetry, referring to this new volume of translations.

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IT’S NOT ABOUT THE IPAD

“The next time you watch a child use an iPad, think about what your knowledge-based toys looked like when you were their age. The iPad is their slide rule; their typewriter; their Commodore 64. As great as the iPad is, it’s more mind blowing to imagine what will soon deprecate it.”

FR. BARRON ON THE POPE'S NEW BOOK

Fine description of the dynamic between historical-critical and theological interpretation.

(Via Ignatius Insight.)

OH: JOYS OF TEACHING

Student: So did I miss anything last class?
Teacher: Nope, I awkwardly stared at the class for 50 minutes. But you should stop in next Wednesday, I’m thinking of covering some stuff then.

THE THEOLOGICAL NECESSITY OF AN HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE

Truer words never spoken: “The moment the “Word became flesh” (Jn. 1:14), history became essential to the task of thinking about and proclaiming the good news of the Bible, and it became essential for very theological reasons.”

EIGHT REASONS TO DRINK COFFEE

Is there nothing this wonder beverage cannot do?