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Cate MacDonald
I can’t remember having read this before this year, which seems both impossible and inexcusable. For your enjoyment: Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful […]
Cate MacDonaldPoliticsUncategorized
So, I guess this is old news, but it's freshly disturbing to me. Sarah Palin is going to have her own reality TV show. This just doesn'
Cate MacDonald
When I read That Hideous Strength for the first time, I was impressed by Lewis’ deep appreciation of the ancient forests and trees. In the novel, the forests serve as a counterpoint to the ugly, progressive for the sake of progressive, […]
Cate MacDonaldUncategorizedCreation CareFormation
Your responses to my original question were as diverse and interesting as I had hoped for, but they did increase my awareness of just how big this topic is. Though
Cate MacDonaldUncategorized
My new favorite book is Can You Drink the Cup by Henri Nouwen. Well, actually, that's probably not true but it's really, really good. Nouwen uses
Cate MacDonaldFormation
In the next few weeks I’ll be writing variations on a theme here at Mere-O and I’m interested to know how you all feel about the theme itself. A few weeks ago we were contacted by an organization that plants […]
Cate MacDonald
One of my best friends is a film critic here in Los Angeles. A perk of this particular job is that she sees movies a few days early and sometimes takes me along (this really is more of a perk […]
Cate MacDonald
There is an interesting parallel, obvious open reflection, between modesty and sense of self. It occurred to me on one particularly lazy Saturday as I sat on a friend’s couch and watched a “real” housewife “find” herself relearning the art […]
Cate MacDonaldUncategorized
So remember when I promised to write about whether or not homosexuality is a sin and then I disappeared? Sorry about that. I am constantly drafting the post in my
Cate MacDonaldDevotionalFormation
As I type this I am watching a smug and self-important young woman on a Sunday morning show give a monologue on The Pill. On this Mother’s Day, she is telling the nation how great it is that women no […]
Cate MacDonaldUncategorized
(I hope I'm not doing exactly what Matt is afraid of, but here it goes anyway) I’ve never related to the idea that Jesus is my homeboy.
Cate MacDonaldTheology and Practice
I taught the Palm Sunday lesson to all the preschool-aged children at my church last Sunday. It was difficult for me to speak truly about the entrance of Jesus