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SUMMER HOURS          I hope everyone is enjoying the Memorial Day weekend - and taking time out to remember all those who lost their lives in service of our freedoms: humans, dogs, horses, carrier pigeons, and others.          As summer officially begins, I wanted to let everyone know that, at least for the summer, I will be posting less frequently.  Although everything I've read about blogging says that you MUST post at least one a week to develop any kind of following, I find that, having posted once a week since September, I need to take some time do some more reading, thinking, praying, reflecting - and even resting - if I am going to have anything to say that is worth reading.  I plan to post again in early July and then again in early August, and after Labor Day I will see where I am and let you know my plan going forward.         In the meantime, I will continue to post ...

ANIMALS AND THE TRINITY PART TWO Disproportionate use of the goods of the earth, despoiling creation, harming other creatures, abusing other persons, are unnatural ways of being in relationship because God is not glorified by them.                                            ~ Catherine Mowry LaCugna             Last week, I began this discussion of the Trinity with a look at the work of Catherine Mowry LaCugna, who steers us away from speculation regarding God’s “inner life” and urges us to understand the Trinity by looking at God’s work in the world through the Son in the power of the Spirit and to respond with praise to God through the Son in the power of the Spirit.   She urges us, in short, to consider the Trinity as ...