Jeremy Thompson

Category: Church

  • Why I read the NAB

    It’s taken me a while to put up this link.  But, I recently wrote a guest post at the invite of Chad and Rodney about why I read the New American Bible.  I’ll sum up the main points, but I hope you’ll head over and check it out.  First, I do not love the NAB. …

  • Tv interview

    So I went in this morning for a television interview for Catholic Life Television in Baton Rouge. It was my first time to be filmed for a tv segment and was a really fun experience. It was a pleasure to meet Dina Martinez who did the interviewing and Chad Babin (I think I remember that…

  • I'm going to be on TV

    What can I say? I’m beautiful. Not really. Catholic Life Television, the television station within my diocese, is producing a series on Catholic identity. One of the segments is going to be called “Scripture: Study it.” They are going to be interviewing me. Seems like it’s going to be a really fun experience. I’m looking…

  • Peter Kreeft on Ecumenism

    I’ve been thinking quite a bit about ecumenism lately.  This is one of my favorite audio recordings on the subject.  Kreeft walks a fine line sometimes between ecumenist and apologist.  And, I don’t agree with everything that he says here as I might leave open a bit more room for openness on non-essentials, but I…

  • Hard to see humor in the Bible sometimes

    This morning I was listening to a lecture by Amy Jill Levine in her Old Testament course for the Teaching Company.  She was talking about some of the more humorous passages in the Book of Judges.  There is the whole deal about Eglon being fat and Jael figuratively emasculating Sisera. I’m aware that there is…

  • Newsweek: Priests unfairly targeted …

    An article from NewsWeek has been posted over at The Sacred Page – Newsweek: Priests Unfairly Targeted as Abusers dealing with the scandal of abuse in the Catholic Church.  These are things that I have known or thought about before, but for many of the readers of this blog perhaps may not be.  Even though…

  • There is more scripture at the Easter Vigil …

    than you probably get in many churches in a month.  You can check out the readings for Easter here.  The Easter vigil is probably my favorite mass of the year as it is for many people.  Unfortunately, we’ll be unable to attend this year.  In our parish it is from 8-11pm (or round about), which…

  • On Seeing Members of My Former Denomination

    If you are a consistent reader of my blog, you may know a little of my background.  I grew up Roman Catholic. Long story short … I left the church a year after I started college.  I joined a Southern Baptist Church and soon after left a path that was going to lead me to…

  • Second Lenten Reflection Posted

    My second Lenten reflection is up HERE.  You can read a bit more about them HERE.

  • Claude Mariottini on Roman Catholic Womenpriests

    Dr. Claude Mariottini has recently linked to an interesting article on Roman Catholic Womenpriests.  Go over to his blog to check it out.  But, also to add a bit to the discussion, lay people are often somewhat surprised when I inform them that women were allowed to take the Nazirite vow in the Old Testament. …