The Dr Peter Jones
@jonesinthesky.bsky.social
Husband. Dad. Teacher. Student. Servant. Soon an empty nest?! Feeling blessed at the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University Chicago.
Steve hits the mark, again.
I've digested this a bit now and while I'll resist a point by point rebuttal, let me make a few observations.
Something I say often in class—and I claim a privilege to say this as a professor—is that 35yrs of back-to-back professor-popes was BAD for the...
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Something I say often in class—and I claim a privilege to say this as a professor—is that 35yrs of back-to-back professor-popes was BAD for the...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
‘Dumbed-Down Catholicism Was a Disaster’
America’s most watched bishop, Robert Barron, is scouting out a new future for Christianity.
www.theatlantic.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Steve hits the mark, again.
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I have no problem with Joe Biden's pardon of Hunter.
First, that family is wracked by trauma and we should marvel at how they're on 2 feet. Hunter's crimes are related to traumas he shares with Joe. Humanly, how could a father not do this?
But second, as I've taught so many times—
First, that family is wracked by trauma and we should marvel at how they're on 2 feet. Hunter's crimes are related to traumas he shares with Joe. Humanly, how could a father not do this?
But second, as I've taught so many times—
December 2, 2024 at 3:16 AM
I have no problem with Joe Biden's pardon of Hunter.
First, that family is wracked by trauma and we should marvel at how they're on 2 feet. Hunter's crimes are related to traumas he shares with Joe. Humanly, how could a father not do this?
But second, as I've taught so many times—
First, that family is wracked by trauma and we should marvel at how they're on 2 feet. Hunter's crimes are related to traumas he shares with Joe. Humanly, how could a father not do this?
But second, as I've taught so many times—
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A new sort of voter has emerged slowly, then suddenly, across the last several years. A voter unanticipated by any political literature going back centuries. Political science is unprepared for this voter, and so are politicians and parties.
This is a voter unmoved by data because data are...
This is a voter unmoved by data because data are...
December 1, 2024 at 3:11 PM
A new sort of voter has emerged slowly, then suddenly, across the last several years. A voter unanticipated by any political literature going back centuries. Political science is unprepared for this voter, and so are politicians and parties.
This is a voter unmoved by data because data are...
This is a voter unmoved by data because data are...
David Brooks is morally serious and insightful. Much about the specific polarization we're facing has to do with education, and the narrative arc he teases out in the article for The Atlantic is highly instructive. It's absolutely worth the time. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:03 PM
David Brooks is morally serious and insightful. Much about the specific polarization we're facing has to do with education, and the narrative arc he teases out in the article for The Atlantic is highly instructive. It's absolutely worth the time. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
I enjoyed signing this in mass last Sunday, Christ the King... which is a stark contrast. Verse three hit the spot.
November 26, 2024 at 7:49 PM
I enjoyed signing this in mass last Sunday, Christ the King... which is a stark contrast. Verse three hit the spot.
Went to a lecture in the studio of the artist-in-residence at St Gregory Hall, Chicago. She only used materials, pigments, techniques Caravaggio had in 1601 to paint Supper at Emmaus. I learned so much!!
Oh, I am numb/white hot from the election too, but this kind of thing makes me happy. So...
Oh, I am numb/white hot from the election too, but this kind of thing makes me happy. So...
November 23, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Went to a lecture in the studio of the artist-in-residence at St Gregory Hall, Chicago. She only used materials, pigments, techniques Caravaggio had in 1601 to paint Supper at Emmaus. I learned so much!!
Oh, I am numb/white hot from the election too, but this kind of thing makes me happy. So...
Oh, I am numb/white hot from the election too, but this kind of thing makes me happy. So...