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Wed 11 Feb, 2009

The Choice Between Cultural Indoctrination and Critical Thinking

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Fairytales and children’s books are often the targets of criticism by those who fear indoctrination from the Right or from the Left. The essay Children of the Left, Unite by Caleb Crain is a case in point. While Crain attacks such claims from the Right, he at the same time levels the same attacks on children’s books from the Left.

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Mon 29 Sep, 2008

Lukewarmness

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Last week’s reflection during Eucharistic adoration was on lukewarmness. The moral life is not primarily about what we do, but about who we are becoming. What we do is important because the choices we make (and therefore the actions we perform) shape who we become. My reflection on becoming lukewarm in our faith comes once again from Divine Pity by Rev. Gerald Vann.

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