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I recently listened to the podcast of “God Acting Womanish” by Dr. Karen Ross and I learned a lot about feminist theology and different aspects of what people think is true or not true in the Bible. When watching and listening to this podcast, in the second half, Dr. Ross focused on who God isContinue reading “God Acting Womanish”

The Way was an amazing movie where we got to see the journey of four vastly different people including the main character, Tom. At the beginning of the movie, Tom finds out that his son, Daniel, had died in France at the beginning of the Camino de Santiago in a storm. We can see whatContinue reading “The Way”

The Path of Belief “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King I think that this song goes along with the idea of always having faith and belief in God. As Father Jim Martin says, the person’s belief has always been with them and I feel like that fits perfectly with the song in the aspectContinue reading “The Paths to God”

Most Christians when looking at the cross think of hope and happiness because of what was gained from it through Jesus dying for our sins. James Cone, author of The Cross and The Lynching Tree, tries to explain this. In this essay, Cone discusses Jesus dying for us on the cross, but what he isContinue reading “The Cross and The Lynching Tree”

Who do you say that I am? This question can be answered in many different ways by many different people and cultures. This answer has also changed over the time periods and places in which it was asked. For the Bantu people in sub-Saharan Africa, Jesus is known as “Christ our Ancestor”. For African women,Continue reading ““Who do you say that I am?””

The image of the Holy Trinity that I chose to analyze is this artwork above from San Clemente, Rome. I found this one the most interesting because it is not just the generic Trinity of the old white man, the young white man, and the dove. Although there are the doves for the Holy Spirit,Continue reading “The Holy Trinity”

St. Vincent de Paul was born in 1581 and grew up as a normal boy living in the countryside in France where his family had a house and owned land. When St. Vincent de Paul first became a priest, the reason why he did so was not because of his religion and spirituality but becauseContinue reading “Being Vincentian”

Martin Luther was so angry at the church because of his belief that the people shouldn’t pay the church for forgiveness of their sins. He believed that it was wrong that the Pope was raising money in this way and he then decided to write down his views on the church. There are known asContinue reading “Martin Luther’s Views”

Throughout watching The Monastery, I believe that we can learn many things from the principles that the monks follow. This includes key parts of monastic life. These key parts include having a greater silence, multiple services per day, being obedient, having humility, participating in manual work, being accepting of others and of yourself, and forgivingContinue reading “The Monastery Extra Credit”