May 2025
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A Church Goverened by the Holy Spirit
With the recent Papal election still fresh in our minds, we read of the Council of Jerusalem from Acts’ Chapter 15 today. It is Scriptural confirmation about the governance of the Church. As we have moved from the reign of Pope Francis to the reign of Pope Leo XIV, it is a timely reading to Continue reading
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Shea Week Eleven
In a Christendom age, a deeper conversion to Christ usually means taking more seriously the moral teaching of the church. In such an age, there’s not much argument over dogmatic teachings. Everyone believes that there is a God and there’s a heaven and hell and there are angels and demons and there’s going to be Continue reading
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Shea Week Ten
Since the church is no longer in the heart of the broader culture, it can do little by means of the traditional methods of diplomacy, developing relationships and maintaining influential positions. We don’t have any influential positions anymore. But we can still be witnesses. Consider the witness of Mother Teresa. She spent her life treating Continue reading
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Shea Week Nine
That’s not to say that we won’t have quirky charismatic leaders in an apostolic age. The church needs to be ready for some energetic messiness if she wants to remain alive and capture the wider culture. Because the age of Christendom is no more, church administrators should probably not waste too much time trying to Continue reading