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Set Your Eyes on Things Above
I was widely known as a biblical scholar during my teaching career from the late 1970’s to mid-2015. My focus was the Catholic Epistles and towards the end of that period I produced three different commentaries on 2 Peter. Yet … Continue reading
I do not desire the death of the wicked
I take my title from an Old Testament prophetic judgment oracle in which God is rejecting the religious practices of the “sinners” because it needs to include social justice as well. The truth is that God’s perspective is wider than … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Political theology, Theological Reflection
Tagged Christ and culture, Divine providence, prophecy, Ukraine
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Davids’ Advent Greetings 2022
Greetings to each of you as we await celebrating the birth of Jesus and his second coming. Judy writes “It seemed to take 2021 to climb back up out of the pandemic isolation and the knee replacement for me. Just … Continue reading
The Davids Advent Review-2021
Davids Family October 2021 The biggest highlight of this year was a replanned visit by all three of our children from Canada on Judy’s birthday in October. (Originally, the trip had been planned for May 2020 and, of course, the border had … Continue reading
Advent 2020 with the Davids
This year Judy started our annual Advent newsletter, so our greetings start with her voice and then with mine. Davids 2020 Advent Greetings Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her … Continue reading
On Fixing the Church
There are obviously problems with the church. Whether it is Protestant or Catholic, Evangelical Protestant or Mainline Protestant, the retention rate of youth is something like 15 – 17%. Catholic worry that their losses are going to Protestant churches, particularly … Continue reading
Loving Your Enemies in Peace
I have been concerned for some time about the level of emotional discourse in political discussion and the lack of respectful, rational interaction. This happens within the Church, especially in various blogs, within discussions of news items, and especially within … Continue reading
DAVIDS’ ADVENT LETTER 2019
A new year approaches with a coming new decade. The Davids have so many new things in our lives that we can scarcely keep up with ourselves. First, we have a new address: 5499 East State Hwy 29, Georgetown, TX … Continue reading
Davids 2018 Advent Update
Fr. Peter and Judy Davids’ 2018 Advent Update As we live in the Advent tension between the awaitedcelebration of the incarnation of our Lord and the awaited revelation of hisrule, we thought we would sum up our year … Continue reading
The Elder Thaddeus Meets Edwin Friedman: What do they have to say to the latest clergy sexual abuse revelations?
We live in anxious times with all types of black and white thinking, herding, and other anxious behavior described by Rabbi Edwin Friedman in Failure of Nervein 1996 (he was writing on it when he died ini 1996, for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Edwin Friedman, Elder Thaddeus, Sexual abuse
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