Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God
I have a new quote on my desk from French philosopher and priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, that reads: Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God. (I have Stephen Colbert to thank for bringing it to my attention.) A couple weeks ago, life was dragging a little bit. I wasn’t unhappy …
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Jesus is a liberal democrat
Stephen Colbert tells it like it is, almost crossing over from satire to sincerity in doing so: If this is gonna be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are or we’ve got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love …
A word to Congress: “Whatsoever you do for the least of my brothers …”
Guess who said this: I like talking about people who don’t have any power. And it seems like some of the least powerful people in the United States are migrant workers who come and do our work but don’t have any rights as a result. And yet we still invite them to come here, and …
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Stewart, Colbert and Beck
First, Jon Stewart takes on Glenn Beck: And then, Stephen Colbert talks social justice with Father James Martin: