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Michie · Sunday at 4:14 PM

Is laughter good medicine? Maybe, but it’s rare that we hear about the laughter of a saint. In our current historical moment, I think we need a saint’s laughter.

In July, we’re celebrating 31 days of St. Ignatius of Loyola, leading up to the anniversary of his death July 31, 1556. People who love Ignatius are always celebrating the important times in his life.

In 2021, we observed a “cannonball year,” commemorating the 500th anniversary of this soldier, then known as Inigo, being severely wounded by a cannonball from the French forces at Pamplona. His long recuperation led to conversion. A man who had dreamed of battlefield glory and winning ladies’ hearts became the man who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and became one of our greatest saints.

But in all the reading I’ve done on Ignatius I’d never heard about laughter. Maybe I’m caught in plaster statue sainthood mode — keeping saints on those pedestals is serious business.

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How and why to laugh like a saint

Discover the rare joy of saintly laughter through the life of St. Ignatius of Loyola — and why his example matters now more than ever.

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Grafted In · Sunday at 4:02 PM

With, I think, 2 acceptions.
It's sin if believer thinks it's sin and when the believer knows the meat was sacrificed to a pagan god.
But all things are Lawful, but not all things edify.

zoidar · Sunday at 4:01 PM

Carl Emerson said:
Paul confirms this when he says "not all Israel are Israel..."

The father of all who have faith is Abraham not Moses.

Exactly, Gentiles are included through faith just as Jews are included through faith and can not rely on inheritage.

Joyful1 · Sunday at 3:49 PM

xfreakazoidx said:
Much more excited, got a name for the baby, its going to be a boy. Still a bit overwhelmed by our situatio, not no longer mad about it really. I just have to trust God gave us a baby for a reason.

That's so great!!!! Please trust in that.

Hans Blaster · Sunday at 3:48 PM

Hans Blaster said:
After an extended period with no preliminary signs, low-level eruptive activity has begun. We can't say if it will go into the major phase with fountains shortly, or if it will take hours or days. The usual note about live video in posts #5, 12, and 20 applies.

I'll let the HVO mid-eruption update open this up:

"Kilauea Message 2025-07-20 09:30:46 HST: Episode 29 is certainly different. The "nozzle" like shape of the vent exit has broken down allowing lava to spray in multiple directions and preventing the fountains from growing higher."

So far, after several hours the maximum height has been about 60-70 m, well below the 300 m mark that had been broken for many consecutive episodes. This image illustrates it well:

This is pretty typical for this particular episode. The fountains are staying within the crater (below the rim) and not piling material (partially cooled by flying through the air for several hundred meters) in the giant mound that has been build over the last few episodes on the left side of the image (including much of the foreground). Instead it is forming streams that have spread across the crater floor, covering a large portion of it already.

Christsfreeservant · Sunday at 3:36 PM

The Barbarian · Sunday at 3:28 PM

lifepsyop said:
evolutionists look at the fossil record and say "see! it all fits!", but in a way it's like marveling over how well a fluid like water conforms to the shape of the container you used to hold it, not realizing that a totally different shaped container would hold the water just as well....

The difference is, the fossil record nicely fits Darwinian theory, and the "tree of life" first noted by Linnaeus, who was not even aware of evolution. Again, fulfilled predictions in the fossil record is very good evidence for macroevolutionary theory, as knowledgeable YECs admit.

lifepsyop said:
it's not exactly that simple

No kidding. For example, Huxley predicted transitional forms between birds and other dinosaurs. Much later, the predictions of the theory were confirmed. Do you understand the difference?

lifepsyop said:
since evolution theory's constraints are imaginary 'common ancestry' nodes

As you now see, many such predicted nodes have been found long after they were predicted. This is how theories are validated in science.

lifepsyop said:
*edit: there's nothing wrong with modeling your theory around the data, that's expected, actually.

But as you see, that's not how it works with evolutionary theory. Predictions based on the theory have been repeatedly validated much later. Theory first, data later. Would you like some more examples?

lifepsyop said:
it's just that evolutionists who say "the fossils match with the theory" haven't thought about just how malleable their theory actually in terms of conforming to the shape of fossil data.

See above. You've been badly misled about how it works. Darwin, in The Descent of Man, predicted the origin of humans in Africa, and predicted transitionals between humans and other apes. Both of those predictions were much later confirmed.

There are many, many more. Would you like to see some more?

River Jordan said:
I'm very confident that if they came up with a vastly superior model that got better results, someone somewhere would take it up and use it.

Yes. Science is very pragmatic. If something works, it will be used, no matter who objects. If it doesn't work, they won't bother with it.

Sabertooth · Sunday at 2:59 PM

Not of this World
Words and music by Bob Hartman
Based on 1 Peter 2:11, John 15:18-19, John 16:33, Matthew 16:18, John 14:3

We are pilgrims in a strange land
We are so far from our homeland
With each passing day it seems so clear
This world will never want us here
We're not welcome in this world of wrong
We are foreigners who don't belong

(Chorus)
We are strangers, we are aliens
We are not of this world
We are strangers, we are aliens
We are not of this world

We are envoys, we must tarry
With this message we must carry
There's so much to do before we leave
With so many more who may believe
Our mission here can never fail
And the gates of hell will not prevail

(Chorus)

Jesus told us men would hate us
But we must be of good cheer
He has overcome this world of darkness
And soon we will depart from here

(Chorus) Petra (1983)

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chevyontheriver · Sunday at 2:23 PM

Michie said:
The summer hasn’t done much to break the heat that Democrats are feeling from voters. The party of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is about as popular as a rush-hour traffic jam, according to the latest surveys. Unfortunately for Minority Leaders Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), time hasn’t helped the dismal approval ratings — nor, most Americans would point out, has the party’s supposed “self-reflection.”

In the eight months since Election night, Democrats have spent countless hours and dollars on meetings, strategy sessions, focus groups, and autopsy reports only to turn around and ignore the lessons they teach. “Woke,” “weak,” and “out of touch” were how one survey described the party that paid for the poll. With the GOP eating into the once-impressive margins that Democrats enjoyed with Hispanics, the working class, and white men, Schumer and company are looking at a pretty dismal approval rating — just 35% across those key demographics.

Equally as frustrating, there’s little to no hope in the base that things will change. Asked how optimistic they are about the future of the party, dejected Democrats have all but resigned to their fate in the political wilderness. Only 35% think things will turn around in the future — an almost 20-point drop from the 57% last July. Much to Jeffries’s and Schumer’s displeasure, congressional Democrats are taking a severe beating in the polls. A late June YouGov/Economist survey found a sharp drop in Americans’ approval of their House and Senate members: a -32 favorability rating, compared to -15 when Donald Trump took office in January.

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‘Woke,’ ‘Weak,’ and ‘Out of Touch’: The Crisis of the Democratic Brand

The summer hasn't done much to break the heat that Democrats are feeling from voters. The party of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is about as popular as a rush-hou

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May the Democratic Party enjoy a long diminishment into permanent status as a microparty. And may something decent take it's place.

SavedByGrace3 · Sunday at 1:51 PM

In the fall, the nature of Satan was introduced into the spirit of man.

1 John 3:8 KJV
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

John 8:44 KJV
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

2 Corinthians 4:4 KJV
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

1 John 2:16 KJV
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Ephesians 2:3 KJV
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

dlamberth · Sunday at 1:38 PM

Ophiolite said:
Finally, @dlamberth in particular and everyone in general, we all know that YouTube videos are simplifications, sometimes gross simplifications and often wrong. I think we should have our critical thinking dialed way up when viewing them. And for some random guy on an internet forum turn the setting to 11. I await the evidence based objections from you, @Tuur , or anyone else.

The video, I felt, presents an interesting idea to consider. It's a new to me perspective which suggest an evolutionary living relationship that life has with itSelf, in this case the suggested process of how coal was made. There's no way that I'd argue as it's true. The science is not developed enough to do so. At the same time it strikes me as feasible and aligns nicely with how I experience the inter-relationships within the evolutionary processes of life on this Earth.

Grafted In · Sunday at 12:42 PM

Include more scripture in you diet.

Grafted In · Sunday at 12:40 PM

Reluctant Theologian said:
A lot of misfortune - results from bad treatment/circumstances and partially also some bad decisions on your side ... Get counselling/coaching/Pastoral care from a believer/church etc. It will be very difficult to detangle this messy situation and stabilise the emotions that go with that on your own. Try to harmonise the relation with your ex - you both need to co-parent; don't be negative about him towards the children (even when you feel this is warranted). I wish/pray you blessing

Yes!
With emphasis on the choices you made.
Look at David!
You can be forgiven, but The Lord doesn't always remove the consequences in this world.
All I know to suggest is to seek His face.

peaceful-forest · Sunday at 12:39 PM

Not sure if I should define my writing project as "on a hiatus" or "I've permanently given up".

I was almost ready to submit it online, when I found a problem with a section of the writing. I was tired, it was later in the day, and I put it aside. I haven't bothered to fix it since. And I don't feel like approaching it.

Grafted In · Sunday at 12:21 PM

jim456c said:
never mind. I will give a few dollars now and then if I listen a lot. But I am sick of the gdm begging..

That's easy. Why contribute to that sort of thinking?

Grafted In · Sunday at 12:14 PM

In response to OP's original question, Yes

Grafted In · Sunday at 11:56 AM

Each area received a switching name that most likely did not have any connection to you local.
Enter your letter prefex in Google or such and it will spell out the entire name.
You may or may not have to enter state.
If you do have to enter your state, you may need to include county.
You may also have to enter the complete number with that letter prefex.

Robban · Sunday at 11:37 AM

A quote that is on mind today, I told it to my daughter today, made her laugh, good sign.

I find it helps against the dreamers, the so-called elite, for some time I have wondered just who the heck they think they are.

"You`re not as great as you think, and the world it is not as bad as it seems."

Coined by Rabbi Wolf of Strikov.

Keeps me on an even keel.

Ansah · Sunday at 11:06 AM

I've never been to either a Cursillo or a charismatic prayer meeting with singing. Before coming back to the Church I did attend some protestant rock music services on a very few occasions, and came away from that agreeing with the adage that "Christian rock" generally makes both Christianity and rock music worse...

...I get that everyone's sensibilities might differ

HIM · Sunday at 10:59 AM

RileyG said:
Please pray that I will be delivered from my habitual sin and sinful habits.

I need all grace I can get!

***No debating allowed please***

***prayers only****

God bless!

Thank you Father God for giving us all things that pertain to life and godliness. We can do all things through you who strengthens us. You will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able to bear, but with the temptation give us the way to escape. For it is You who works in us both to Will and do your good pleasure. Thank You dear Lord for you are our Rock, our firm foundation. In You we live move and have our being. For you are our might and our strength. Our help in every need! Lord we believe, thank you for helping us I our unbelief, amen.

Michie · Sunday at 10:57 AM

A view of the Old Town in Riga, the capital of Latvia. | Dennis Lennox

RIGA, Latvia — The spires and pinnacles of old churches rise above cobblestone streets lined with red-brick buildings and pastel-hued facades that reflect centuries of conquest, trade and confession.
Overshadowed by better-known European capitals, this city, the capital of Latvia, offers readers of this column a quintessential Old World experience without the crowds.

The streets of Riga, Latvia. | Dennis Lennox

Riga, as we know it, was founded in 1201 by Bishop Albert von Buxhoeveden, a German who was more than just a prelate. He was also a crusader, as this swath of Northern Europe — the lands of the modern Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — was the last pagan stronghold in Christian Europe. Much of the Christianization of the Baltic tribes that called this land home came by the sword of the Teutonic knights.

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Travel: This overshadowed European capital was formed by crusades and shaped by the Reformation

The spires and pinnacles of old churches rise above cobblestone streets lined with red-brick buildings and pastel-hued facades that reflect centuries of conquest, trade and confession

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