Yep, it’s ME
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I’m a married woman, living in rural Iowa. I’m rapidly aging into an old person. I am Catholic through and through, though decidedly progressive. I’m struggling with my Church at the present time. I love writing, studying theology and the bible from a scholarly point of view, cooking, crafting and my 2 dogs and 4 cats. Oh, I also love the man I married eleven years ago.
Sherry
Apr 07, 2011 @ 19:28:29
I’m glad I found your blog (via Like a Child); it’s wonderful. I was raised Catholic but I now attend a nondenominational community church. A part of my heart still clings to Catholicism though -the liturgy, the saints, the rosary… so much.
Apr 08, 2011 @ 13:39:26
Very glad to meet you Michelle…I’ll stop by your blog. I moved over to the Episcopal church for 2 years and loved it.–a little too much. Being around people who agreed with me basically I decided was an impediment to my journey. I need to be uncomfortable, it keeps me thinking and searching. And the Catholic church certainly does that! lol I’ll stop by your blog!
Nov 18, 2011 @ 13:47:27
Sherry, what do you think of Father Barron?
Although I don’t agree with him on some things (.e.g the place of the church vis-a-vis the kingdom of God, and I am not a Catholic although I was raised one), I find him a very engaging speaker. He seems to always be stimulating in some way.
In case you don’t know him, I’m including a clip of him here. I also support the point he makes here as an important one: http://bit.ly/u3vXLG
Nov 18, 2011 @ 16:55:59
I’m generally aware of his background which is fairly impeccable in terms of education. I am generally not in favor of evangelization as such since I think conversion is most lasting when it comes from being impressed with how a believer lives and acts rather than what they say. However, that being said, I find his theology generally good. I think his series on PBS would be something I would like to see, though I don’t know as it’s being offered here. I’ll have to check. I am all for anyone who gets beyond the rather limited notion that salvation comes only through the Church. That demeans God in a way that I find unacceptable. And the fact that the great right-wing bigots over at Catholic Forums (Catholic Answers) find him questionable, makes him all the more likely to be right as far as I can see.
Feb 12, 2012 @ 14:12:30
Christianity is fake, how someone got killed then cleared you from sins? Fake religion to worship a man? “Woe unto you blind guide, who swear by the temple is at nothing, but who swears by the gold of the temple is obligated”
Feb 13, 2012 @ 09:23:06
Believe what you choose