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Pastor’s Desk: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
This week’s article comes from Fr. Tom Cahill, writing for Intercom magazine.
Vanity of Vanities
Brain scans are revealing. Take the ones done on teenagers listening to music. These show that insecurity and not personal preference dictates what songs they call ‘cool’. In one study they listened to tracks and rated how much they liked them. After [...]
July 31, 2010
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Pastor’s Desk: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
This week’s article comes from Fr. Tom Cahill, writing for Intercom magazine.
Hardwired for God
I don’t know if our genes are, but according to scientists our brains are: hardwired for God. They’re programmed to discover supernatural reasons for life’s mysteries. Our brain organises the information, our senses send it to discover cause and effect. Since babies [...]
July 24, 2010
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Pastor’s Desk: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
This week’s article comes from Fr. Tom Cahill, writing for Intercom magazine.
Clutter
Laptops are turning lecture halls into private cinemas and even online casinos. Once considered valuable aids to learning, they’re no longer the apple of a teacher’s eye. An increasing number of lecturers just don’t want them in the classroom anymore. The reason? Students use [...]
July 17, 2010
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Pastor’s Desk: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
This week’s article comes from Fr. Tom Cahill, writing for Intercom magazine.
On the Run
If you run, take note. Running barefoot is best. Results from a Harvard University study show that people are born to run without shoes. For two million years we ran barefoot, landing untutored, on the sides or balls of our feet thus [...]
July 10, 2010
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Pastor’s Desk: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
This week’s article comes from Fr. Tom Cahill, writing for Intercom magazine.
Cross Purpose
Parents can be pushy, a study has found. Not satisfied with their kids’ long school day, many parents muscle their munchkins into an assortment of after-school activities. Counting the hours of a regular school day, of heaped homework, of club commitments and of [...]
July 3, 2010
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