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January 31, 2023
Walking the Via Dolorosa
An Archaeologist Follows Jesus from His Trial to His Crucifixion
Ilka Knüppel
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Archaeologist Ilka Knüppel discusses her master's thesis—The Search for Jesus's Final Steps: How Archaeological and Literary Evidence Reroutes the Via Dolorosa—and how she came to write it. To use both …
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January 30, 2023
The Mesopotamian Connection
Comparing the Bible to Other Literature of the Ancient Near East
Cathleen Chopra-McGowan
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Professor Cathleen Chopra-McGowan examines some the incongruities of our Bible in the context of the Ancient Near East, showing how the stories and traditions of Israel resembled and borrowed from …
Almost Good Catholics
January 29, 2023
Apocalypse Past, Present, and Future
Thinking about the End in History and Culture
John Jeffries Martin
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Historian John Jeffries Martin traces narratives of the Apocalypse over the last 500 years in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions in his new book, A Beautiful Ending. This discussion …
Almost Good Catholics
January 28, 2023
Chatting with the Homeless
Looking for Jesus among the Least of Our Brothers
Brother John Vianney Russel, OP
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Dominican Friar John Vianney Russel has made a habit of talking with homeless people and shares what he has learned. He doesn’t have all the answers and, in fact, we …
Almost Good Catholics
January 27, 2023
What if You're Gay?
Starting Conversations with and about LGBT Catholics
Father James Martin, SJ
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Since 2016, and with the blessing of Pope Francis, Father Jim Martin has been talking with LGBT Catholics about their relationship with their church. That’s the subject of his book …
Almost Good Catholics
January 26, 2023
In the Swiss Guards
Reflections on Two Years Guarding the Pope
David Geisser
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Krzysztof Odyniec
David Geisser was a Swiss Guard protecting Pope Francis and the Apostolic Palace between 2013 and 2015. He was following the footsteps of his father who had been in the …
Almost Good Catholics
January 25, 2023
Stabat Mater
A Sandy Hook Mom Stands with Mary at the Foot of the Cross
Laura Phelps
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Krzysztof Odyniec
One morning in December of 2012, Laura Phelps’s little children went to school and lived through an attack by a madman who shot 20 of their classmates. Laura’s community was …
Almost Good Catholics
January 24, 2023
Faithful Frontiers
A Turkish Scholar Describes How She Became a Catholic Apologist
Derya Little
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Derya Little has been a Muslim, an atheist, and a Protestant; today she is a Catholic writer and apologist. She tells the story of her conversion, talks about faith, family …
Almost Good Catholics
January 23, 2023
Catholic in Karachi
Living as a Christian in an Islamic Country
Ayyaz Gulzar
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Ayyaz Gulzar, journalist and Catholic youth leader in Pakistan, describes the challenges and persecutions the Church faces in the Islamic Republic, which includes the county’s blasphemy laws. He also talks …
Almost Good Catholics
January 22, 2023
The Feminine Genius
Everyday Mysticism and How to Organize Your Life around It
Danielle Bean
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Danielle Bean talks about everyday mysticism and learning to listen for God in her book, Whisper: Finding God in the Everyday. God is there in our daily tasks and especially …
Almost Good Catholics
January 21, 2023
Reflections of a Mormon who Became a Catholic
A Discussion with Jeremy Christiansen
Jeremy Christiansen
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Jeremy Christiansen’s autobiography, From the Susquehanna to the Tiber, tells the story of his happy Mormon upbringing, the questioning of his faith, and his ultimate pilgrimage to the Catholic Church …
Almost Good Catholics
January 20, 2023
Bless Me, Father, for I have Sinned
Understanding the Sacrament of Reconciliation
Father Joe Horn
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Father Joseph Horn explains the Sacrament of Reconciliation, where it comes from, how it works, and what many of us don’t know about it. At its inception, the Sacrament of …
Almost Good Catholics
January 19, 2023
Better Call Paul
How Did the Early Jewish Christians Understand “Works of the Law”?
Matthew Thomas
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Krzysztof Odyniec
In his new book, theologian Matthew Thomas takes on the big question of what the Apostle Paul means when he talks about "Works of the Law" -- as opposed to …
Almost Good Catholics
January 18, 2023
We Shall Overcome
Sister Thea Bowman and the Black Catholic Experience
Father Maurice Nutt, CSsR
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Though we are all one—“there is neither Jew nor Greek,” St. Paul wrote to the Galatians—each of us brings a particular heritage to the mosaic of God’s universal pilgrim church …
Almost Good Catholics
January 17, 2023
Words and the Word
How Scripture Brings Us into God’s Eternal Moment
Jeremy Holmes
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Jeremy Holmes, Theology Professor at Wyoming Catholic College, describes his study of scripture through the lenses of narrative criticism and theological exegesis, following the model of St. Matthew. he needed …
Almost Good Catholics
January 16, 2023
Pray like a Mystic
Mystical Traditions and What to Do with Them
Bishop Don Hying
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Krzysztof Odyniec
I asked Bishop Don Hying of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, about mysticism and evangelization. He describes Christianity as unique among the world’s religions because “the universal, mysterious, all-powerful, invisible …
Almost Good Catholics
January 15, 2023
Holy Paradox and St. Teresa of Ávila
Mysticism in Sixteenth-Century Spain
Carlos Eire
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Carlos Eire, author of The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila: A Biography (Princeton UP, 2019) and professor of medieval and early modern European history and religion at Yale University, discusses …
Almost Good Catholics
January 14, 2023
Eternity Now
Talking about Mysticism with the Apostle to the Gangs of LA
Father Greg Boyle, SJ
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Jesuit Father Greg Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in East LA, the world’s largest and most successful gang intervention and rehabilitation program. He talks about this ministry and …
Almost Good Catholics
January 13, 2023
Marxists and Mystics
A Vatican Journalist Discusses her Biography of Madeleine Delbrêl and the New Papal Constitution
Colleen Dulle
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Vatican journalist Colleen Dulle discusses her biography of the French Mystic Madeleine Delbrêl, author of The Marxist City as Mission Territory (1957), and Catholic evangelist among the urban poor of …
Almost Good Catholics
January 12, 2023
Queen of Heaven
How the Holy Spirit Works in the Catholic Tradition
Keith Berube
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Krzysztof Odyniec
Keith Berube, professor of Mariology, theology, and literature, explains how the Holy Spirit is at work in the scripture, tradition, and magisterium in the Catholic Church; he also tells the …
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