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6 days ago · D ebt, it turns out, seems to be as American as apple pie.. For instance, this Lending Tree site tells us that Americans' total credit card unpaid balance was $1.142 trillion in the second quarter of 2024. And this U.S. Treasury site says our current national debt is $35.7 trillion and counting.. My friend Howard Mick, a member of my congregation and a retired attorney, is so concerned about ...
Lives full of both rejoicing and trembling -- as they should be
Feb 3, 2024 · Lives full of both rejoicing and trembling -- as they should be. February 03, 2024. Nashville, Tenn., and Delavan, Ill. -- I've double-datelined this piece because I want to tell you two interrelated family stories that are rooted in faithful living. Recently my wife Marcia and I drove to Nashville to celebrate the 19th birthday of our grandson ...
Confronting trauma not with explanations but with love - Bill's …
Jan 1, 2024 · Confronting trauma not with explanations but with love. E very human being at some point experiences pain, grief, catastrophe, loss. In fact, I wrote about a few examples in my own life in my most recent blog post here. The ultimate question is how we respond to disasters so they don't irrevocably break us. Institutional religion and psychology ...
December 2022 - Bill's Faith Matters blog
Dec 31, 2022 · A s we move to a new year this weekend, I first want to back up a bit and take note that this fall we passed the 60th anniversary of the start of the hugely influential (and, in some corners, controversial) Second Vatican Council in 1962.. A traditional way of describing what this important gathering of Catholicism's leaders did is that it opened the windows of the church to let in some much ...
Why the National Catholic Reporter's history matters to everyone
Oct 16, 2024 · B efore I tell you about this incredible new book that recounts the history of The National Catholic Reporter, I feel a need to disclose my several connections to this courageous and resourceful publication.. I wrote a monthly column for NCR's online edition for most of a decade. Today I continue to write occasional book reviews for NCR. Beyond that, I know lots of people who have led this ...
The opportunities that death gives us to rethink what matters
Nov 8, 2023 · Y esterday, my late father -- another Bill Tammeus, though his real first name was Wilber and mine's William -- would have turned 114 years old. I still miss him, of course, though he died almost 32 years ago. His kid brother, however, is still with us. And, inshallah, will turn 102 in late March. Having just passed All Saints Day a week ago, I've been continuing now to ponder the brevity of ...
Where's Bill speaking? - Bill's Faith Matters blog
Here's a list of upcoming places I'll be speaking or teaching: Because of the pandemic, I did quite a few virtual talks over the last couple of years. More recently, I've spoken in person to people who also show up in person. Future talks are listed here. -- …
An old Nativity Scene's Christmas story (Bill's Faith Matters blog)
Dec 12, 2021 · F or Christmas this year, I'm going to reproduce for you a Christmas tale I told years ago in the now-defunct Star Magazine, which used to appear each Sunday in The Kansas City Star.. In it, I try to get at the heart of Christmas by describing an old Nativity Scene that was present each year in the home in which I grew up in Woodstock, Ill.
April 2020 - Bill's Faith Matters blog
Apr 1, 2020 · N o doubt faith communities are going to look and be different once (and if) we get past this coronavirus pandemic. The question is not whether but how. I've got a few guesses: Lots more meetings, study groups and other events will take place through the internet, especially using such tools as Zoom.
March 2020 - Bill's Faith Matters blog
I n this post here on the blog the other day, I wrote about the various ways faith communities are quickly adapting to the sudden changes required to stop the spread of the coronavirus.. Except for a few foolish religious leaders around the country who insist on continuing in-person worship services, convinced that God will save them, houses of …
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