Swimming with ScapularsLoyola Press, 2010 - 288 עמודים Meet Matthew Lickona, a thirty-something wine columnist, sometime cartoonist, avid moviegoer, fan of alternative rock, and wonderfully talented writer. He is also a devoutly religious young man ("I am a Roman Catholic, baptized as an infant and raised in the faith, a faith which holds the exemplary and redemptive suffering of Jesus Christ at its core." ) who fasts during Lent, leads his family in prayer every day, and wears a scapular--a medieval amulet said to protect the wearer from harm. |
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... gave him time to work with Lawrence Kohlberg, a giant in the field. Carefully and calmly, through argument and example, he had convinced me that premarital sex was the wrongful use of another person for self-gratification. My own ...
... gave me a talk about “giving God the first shot”—entering the seminary to “test my vocation” before contemplating marriage. That's what he had done, and he had left a girl behind to do it. It broke his heart, he told me, but he decided ...
... gave a sermon at our parish. His talk was squishy, walk-with-Jesus stuff—squishy because everyone is called to walk with Jesus. You don't have to be a priest to do that. I could have stood something stronger, especially given the ...
... gave way to one long pressing of his mouth to mine. If my memory serves, I froze, went rigid, and said nothing. The moment passed, and we resumed our game. The freezing feeling remained. My father recalls that after I got home and he ...
... the Father Drumm Award that got the pro-choice crowd really upset. The local branch of Catholic Charities gave out the medal at its annual awards dinner. In 1991, they announced their intention to present it 34 FORMATION.
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Begging the Sun to Dance | 46 |
Triddywackers Tinkerers and the Roar of the Crowd | 62 |
Deirdre | 93 |
Do You Need to Be a Paterfamilias? | 106 |
Sex and the Outrageous Principle | 116 |
Why So Many? | 125 |
Alms for a Drink | 165 |
In Which We Go Parish Hopping | 175 |
Hand Holding and Other Distractions | 188 |
The World | 195 |
the Flesh and the Devil | 209 |
Dredging My Soul for Sin | 218 |
The Moviegoer Plus a Trip to the Theater | 225 |
Flannery OConnor and the TwobyFour | 239 |
The Roach and the Woman | 134 |
Not Home Until We Die | 143 |
Boy Meets God | 151 |
The Best Thing in the World | 268 |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
Swimming with Scapulars: True Confessions of a Young Catholic <span dir=ltr>Matthew Lickona</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2007 |