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The Imperative of Moral Improvement
We all do wrong in our lives. We then live with guilt until we can unburden ourselves. One of the essential social functions of the Catholic Church across the West was to provide the faithful with an inviolate space to deal with secrets in a manner that fostered improvement and absolution. With the ugly rise… Continue reading
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Serving Others
Less than a week after I turned 16, I was hired to work at a movie theater. The company culture, when I started, was highly coordinated and customer-serving. Nathan from Corporate would come to our particular theater with some regularity, making the four hour trip about once a month. He would drill us on various… Continue reading
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It’s Good To Grow Up
A good parent provides direction and orientation to their children so that they will have a coherent maturation process. All but the best parents seem to not understand this and so they leave things to chance. They assume the public schools will provide the direction. They figure if they just go with the flow, they… Continue reading