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Ontario, August 1964

When I was a little boy, we went to visit my Grandparents, Thidder and Eva Collar, in a little hamlet in Ontario called Glen Miller.

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Blaming the Cure

As a kid, I often overheard conversations or snatches of news about the great fracas which seemed to have broken out inside our television about something called “civil rights.” Now, growing up in a town like Everett, Washington in the Sixties, surrounded by Olsons and Andersons as far as the

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The Resurrection and the Life

There is a curious idea among modern Christians concerning the relationship of the Old and New Testaments. It is the idea that Old Testament prophets all had a crystal clear understanding of every detail of the future life of Christ as they wrote and that their prophecies were all clear

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From Juju to the Eucharist

As Cal Thomas has thoughtfully illustrated yet again, people deny any and all connection between themselves and the object of their hostility.  They rename sauerkraut “liberty cabbage” and French fries “freedom fries” and they try to pretend that Muslims and Christians “don’t worship the same God”.  Protestants like Thomas are free (if

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About Mark Shea

Greetings! I’m Mark P. Shea, a Catholic author and blogger who’s also done a spot of podcasting and even acting here and there, as well as radio and TV work. My latest book, The Church’s Best-Kept Secret: A Primer on Catholic Social Teaching was published in September 2020 by New City Press. Other works include By What Authority?: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition (Ignatius), Mary, Mother of the SonThis is My Body: An Evangelical Discovers the Real Presence (Christendom), and Making Senses Out of Scripture: Reading the Bible as the First Christians Did (Basilica), Salt and Light:  The Commandments, the Beatitudes, and a Joyful Life (Servant), The Heart of Catholic Prayer: Rediscovering the Our Father and the Hail Mary (Our Sunday Visitor) and The Work of Mercy:  Being the Hands and Heart of Christ (Servant).

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