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- Written by: Kristin Bird
Have you heard of the Jesus Juke?
The “Jesus Juke” is a move that tells a friend,
“I wish you possessed the uber holiness I do and were instead talking about sweet baby Jesus in this conversation.”
Coined by Jonathan Acuff in his Stuff Christians Like blog, a Jesus Juke is like a tiny “shame grenade.” You throw it into an otherwise harmless conversation and then watch it splatter everyone in guilt and condemnation.
Christmas (and maybe Easter) seems to bring out the worst of the Jesus Jukes. Combine them with intentionally controversial headlines and memes and you can suck the Christmas joy right out of jolly ol’ Saint Nick himself.
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- Written by: Kristin Bird
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- Written by: Fr. Weber
Shortly after I was ordained, I was asked to give a tour of our parish church to an interdenominational group. A woman stopped me and asked, “Don’t Catholics believe in the resurrection of Jesus?” I assured that we not only believed, but that that doctrine is central to our understanding of salvation.
At that, the woman pointed to the crucifix and added, “Then why do you still depict Jesus dying instead of having an empty cross?”
I admit that I was surprised by the woman’s assumption, but since then I have become grateful for her questioning. Having grown up Catholic and having looked at a lifetime of crucifixes, I had never found any contradiction in seeing Jesus on the Cross and believing that Jesus rose from the dead.
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- Written by: Katherine Reay
I have to be honest, I've been struggling with prayer lately. Well, if I'm REALLY honest, I've been struggling for the last 4 + 1/2 years. I don’t hear Him like I used to. I don’t feel as close to His heart. My Holy Spirit flags are not flying as high. I'm mourning my spiritual life, as it was, before I became a mother.
I've spent the greater part of my adult life trying to deepen my faith. Trying to grow closer to the heart of God. The more time passed, the closer I grew. My faith even literally became my job. I became the Youth Minister at our parish, in those last years before I met My husband and became a mother. Living out, sharing, and teaching my Catholic faith was my JOB.
I worked in the same building as Jesus, who I could go and visit whenever I wanted. 1 on 1 prayer time in the chapel. I had countless opportunities to attend daily Mass. Attending retreats, hearing speakers, seeing God at work. I had never felt so close. Of course, it's much easier to focus on deepening a relationship when you only have you to worry about; and then came this thing called motherhood.
