If You Didn't Think It Was Worth It, You Wouldn't Fight For It
I am the oldest of four--a brother and two sisters. I will get to see all of them this weekend, when my youngest sister graduates from college. Each one of them is a wonderful, interesting person. I love them with all my heart. We are alike in many, many ways, but there is one way in which I am very different from my brothers and sisters. None of them practice Catholicism, or any other religion for that matter. They are not angry at Catholicism, not really (well, maybe one of my sisters is, but in general not). They just don't care. I think, on many levels, they don't think religion is worth being angry about. As anyone who has read this blog will probably gather, I do care. You have to care to take the time to follow what is going on in Christianity and Catholicism. You have to care to dive deep into theological issues, about God, about Jesus. You have to care in order to advocate for change. You have to ca...