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Ben Anderson sjObama always snags me. I try my best to avoid being sucked into his beautiful rhetoric, but he got me on Tuesday during the State of the Union. What captured me was his strong language about fairness. Over and over again he talked about fair practices in trade, fair taxes, and creating a world where [...]
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Obama and Jesus on Fairness
Posted: January 27, 2012 by Ben Anderson sj in Kingdom of GodTags: Ben Anderson SJ, Bible, Blessed, Christian, Christianity, community, fair, fairness, faith, freedom, God, government, helping others, helping the poor, Jesus, justice, Kingdom of God, marginalized, Obama, philosophy, poor, poverty, President Barak Obama, relationships, religion, salvation, service, Social Justice, spirituality, State of the Union, work
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Advent Stumblings
Posted: December 21, 2011 by Ben Anderson sj in AdventTags: Advent, Catholic, Christianity, Christmas, disappointment, failure, faith, God, homelessness, Hope, Jesus, Joseph, Mary, new mass, patience, poverty, prayer, prophet Isaiah, religion, Santa Claus, Social Justice, spirituality, the faithful, winter
Guest blogger: Ben Anderson I didn’t get it right. The new mass words have begun this Advent and I have often found myself stumbling and failing at it. I hate that, failing. The irrational part of me flairs up in a puff of anger at myself and others. I want to be “right,” and such [...]
God has got this
Posted: November 2, 2011 by Ben Anderson sj in RelationshipTags: brother Jesuit, Catholic, Christianity, community, faith, fundamental truths, God, God calls, God's plan, Hope, Jesuits, Jesus, meaning, relationships, religion, response to a call, Social Justice, solidarity, spiritual atmosphere, spirituality, suffering, trust, trust in God, Yves de Montcheuil
Guest blogger: Ben Anderson I was left dumbfounded and depressed sitting there at my desk. “Rape in War” was the topic for my feminist ethics course last week. As I finished my reading and was trying to think of how to write something philosophical about it I was overwhelmed by the stories and stats that [...]
India: The grace of not having a clue
Posted: September 15, 2011 by Ben Anderson sj in Kingdom of GodTags: chastity, freedom, India, Jesuit, Legal Cell for Human Rights, letting go, listening, obedience, poverty, vows
Guest blogger: Ben Anderson I was on the mountain top and things looked clear. I was watching a group of Jesuit novices in the hilly northeastern states of India who were taking vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. These vows were the same I had taken four years ago and they spoke to my heart. [...]
