The Essential Everydayness of Being a Christian
There is an everydayness to being a Christian. Most Christians in the history of the Church have been the normal, everyday people. Most of us have not been, nor are going to be canonized Saints, but that does not mean that we are not significant for the Body of Christ. The Church and the Saints exist for the everyday man. Christ in His ministry always cared for the everyday person; He healed,...
read moreHappy Creation Day!
I’ll admit to being a little apathetic about Earth Day (if you are apathetic, shouldn’t that mean that you are not pathetic?). In a post-Christian world, the vacuum left by refusing to worship God is often filled by subconsciously worshipping Gaia. It has lots of parallels: sacraments (recycling, locavorism, etc.); commandments; prophets; evangelists, appropriate vestments; fringe...
read more7 Things: Noah
Continuing our 7 Things series for they Year of Faith: The Nephilim (Genesis 6:1-4) weren’t giants. I’ve already dealt with the Nephilim here, but in a nutshell, they were very mean, immoral humans. Some have tried to dismiss the Nephilim as a vestige of Hebrew myth – an opinion which, if true, would justify dismissing any number of other things in the Bible, thus the...
read moreHours before the Crucifixion
It’s Good Friday morning so our thoughts move toward our Lord’s anguish as he mentally prepares for Golgotha. We know what He will face externally: the scourging, the insults, the rejection by His friends, and finally the nails and cross. Less is available in Scripture about the suffering He experienced internally during this time, though we get some clues: He took with him Peter,...
read moreJesus is a slippery little devil
Hopefully you don’t think the title is irreverent or sacriligious; it’s just the reaction I usually get when I read a Gospel account similar to today’s: The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?”… Then they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from...
read moreParenting as a Moral Relativist
Being a parent makes you insane. Not only are 50% of my self-referential statements made in the third person, but I correct my sons when they follow suit. Yesterday, my oldest had asked politely for some cheese and as I entered the dining room, he said flatly, “Put it on my plate.” I stopped in my tracks and just stared at him and as the seconds went by, his error occurred to him and...
read moreAbout the Author
Susanna has the privilege of being the wife of a young PhD and professor of philosophy, Mark Spencer, and the mother of three young daughters. She was raised Catholic in St. Louis, Missouri and attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville. It was there that she discovered a passion for theology and philosophy, and met Mark. Susanna earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theology and Philosophy, as well as a Master of Arts in Theology and Christian Ministry from FUS. After her wedding she and her family lived for four years in Buffalo, New York while her husband earned his PhD. The Spencer family now reside in St. Paul, Minnesota where Susanna spends her time taking care of the minute to minute needs of her children, reading classic literature, cooking delicious meals and desserts, assisting at beautiful liturgies, and discussing philosophical and theological ideas with her husband (and more and more frequently with an almost four year old). She also writes on her personal blog Living with Lady Philosophy.
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