A Manitoban
From the category archives:
“North Korea is a real place to me. For most of us, I think, North Korea occupies the same imaginary plane of existence as Mordor. But it is real, and one thing I came to appreciate is that most North Koreans are normal people living in abnormal conditions…”
What’s It Like to Be a Tourist in North Korea? – Interview by Christina Larson | Foreign Policy.
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“Being spiritual but not religious can lead to complacency and self-centeredness,” says Martin, an editor at America, a national Catholic magazine based in New York City. “If it’s just you and God in your room, and a religious community makes no demands on you, why help the poor?”
via Are there dangers in being ‘spiritual but not religious’? – CNN.com.
Um, thanks but no thanks, CNN. I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the relationship between community giving and religious affiliation was decoupled long ago. Articles like these are what I call “pandering” not journalism. Who’s asking “Is there danger in being Religious but not Spiritual?” I think that question should be higher in the minds of the quoted catholics and Jesuits.
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