William Lindsey

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• Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "Often Bosses Are Narcissists. … Heads of...

  

  And here's one of the good birdcage droppings, the kind that fertilize rather than stinkbomb productive conversations: The real trouble is that those most... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• About the Shutdown: A Gathering of Good Commentary

  Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyRachel: Elect Republicans and they will burn the place down. And they will laugh whil... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• New Educational Resource from Faith in America: Wolf Blitzer Hosts Dialogue Abou...

  "There is nothing wrong with being wrong. But there is something wrong with being wrong and continuing it": for those interested in the interface between... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Date Set for Canonizing John Paul II: We Are Church Responds

  

  Pope John Paul II and Father Marcial MacielPope Francis announced yesterday that he Popes John XXIII and John Paul II will be canonized at the same time on 27... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Church Reform and Gay Catholics: What Reform?--Cases of Archbishop Broglio and...

  

  Yesterday, as I asked where there's yet any real reform in the Catholic church to address the misery dished out to gay folks by some of our fellow Catholics, I... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Why They Did It: Government Shutdown and Opposition to Healthcare for All (and t...

  

  Ezra Klein on why the Republicans shut down the U.S. government:This is all about stopping a law that increases taxes on rich people and reduces subsidies to... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As a Gay Catholic I Continue to Ask, "Reform? What Reform?"

  

  And so reform, the reform of the Catholic church about which so many people are speaking as the pope's advisory council of eight cardinals prepares for its firs... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As Pope's Advisory Council of Eight Cardinals Meets, People of God Bombard Rome...

  

  This is an important week for the Catholic church: as Fr. Thomas Reese explains in this recent National Catholic Reporter article, this week the eight... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Catching Up (Still)

  

  We knew how tired I was from the week of preparing for testimony, and then the testifying itself, when we got to the airport Thursday morning and found I had... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Richard Gaillardetz: For Francis, Thinking with the Church Is Thinking with Whol...

  

  In my theological reflection on Pope Francis's interview, I wrote,Francis (with Vatican II) envisages thinking with the church in a quite different way [i.e. Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Jon Stewart: Pope Francis and the GOP--Two Holy Conduits No Longer on Same Page

  The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook"Now traditionally these two holy conduits [i.e., the papacy and... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Jonathan Chait: Republicans Must Force Obama to Accept GOP Agenda Precisely...

  

  Jonathan Chait points out that the Republicans have to try to force their will on the nation in the debt-ceiling war precisely because they lost and lost big... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Quote for the Day: "The Church, Like Any Other Network of Human Relationships,...

  

  At Hepzibah, Alan McCornick suggests that in his refocussing of the Catholic conversation, Pope Francis "is inviting all within the church, gays, women,... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Women in the Catholic Church in the Era of Francis: More Valuable Commentary

  

  Last week, a day after Pope Francis's bombshell interview was released, as I discussed Mary Hunt's reflections on the interview at her WATER site, I wrote,The... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pope Francis and Changing the Catholic Conversation: More Recent Commentary

  

  Now that I'm back home from my trip to testify, I'm still playing catch-up with articles I had bookmarked last week. I hope some of these may be of interest to... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Abuse Survivors Respond to Pope Francis's Interview and Pope Benedict's Claim...

  

  Meanwhile, as Pope Francis's recent interview and what it portends for the direction of the Catholic church continues to be discussed, Kristine Ward of the... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Gospel. Good News. Is What. It's All. About. Commentators Continue to Parse...

  Gospel. Good news. Is what. It's all. About.Good news. Not bad news. The video at the head of the posting is from the NALT Project. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• GOP Cuts Food Assistance for Poor, Tries Yet Again to Torpedo Obamacare, Quotes...

  

  While I was preparing to provide testimony in a trial in the past two weeks, one of the two major political parties in the U.S. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Score: Daniel, 1, Lions, 0--I Give My Testimony, I Survive

  

  Whew. It's over. I gave my testimony yesterday, and I very definitely felt far less alone than I'd otherwise have felt, due to all of you and your... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Quick Update: Still Waiting to Testify

  

  I know this saga is getting to be a bore, but since I've told you all about it up to now, I don't want to leave hanging any readers who may have an interest in... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY