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Fall fun with the family

AFFL #041 Easing Into Fall

We ease into fall by spending Labor Day weekend with the family at Raging Waters and heading to the fair. Adam goes to Nashville, and the youth group heads to Six Flag’s Discovery Kingdom for On Fire. We talk about Mother Teresa’s canonization, what makes someone a saint, and praying the divine office. We review Hell or High Water, The Magnificent Seven,…

Praying To Someone Other Than God

I’m actually writing this particular post specifically at the request of a friend of mine. Like many Protestants, the idea of praying to the saints – or more accurately, to anyone other than God – seems both incredibly bizarre to him and also un-biblical. I can sympathize. After all, I used to feel exactly the same way. In fact, this…