Amy MacKinnon
Why is Lent Always 40 Days Long?
Why is Lent only 40 days instead of 46 days? If we counted all the days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, there would be 46 days.
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Finding Faith Everywhere.
God is Truth, Goodness, and Beauty itself.
Wherever they are found, God is also present.
Finding Faith Everywhere.
God is Truth, Goodness, and Beauty itself.
Wherever they are found, God is also present.
Finding Faith Everywhere.
God is Truth, Goodness, and Beauty itself.
Wherever they are found, God is also present.
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Amy MacKinnon
- May 17, 2022
- 4 min
What is Wrong with Catholics Who Actually Read the Bible Literally?
Is there a way to read the Bible literally and still make sense of what's written in the scriptures?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Oct 12, 2021
- 8 min
How to Teach the Eucharist, Part 2: Sacred Tradition
How do you explain turning bread and wine into Jesus in the Eucharist so that it makes sense? Read this blog post to see how
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Amy MacKinnon
- Aug 16, 2021
- 8 min
How to Teach the Eucharist Part 1: The Bible
If you’ve ever tried to teach anyone about the Eucharist then you know that it can be difficult, especially the first time you teach it!
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Amy MacKinnon
- Jul 5, 2020
- 5 min
How Do You Teach Wonder?
I haven’t seen very many good explanations of what wonder actually is in the recent materials that I’ve read, which is really odd. Why would
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Amy MacKinnon
- Jan 24, 2020
- 10 min
Teaching Confession: We're Doing it Wrong
The problem isn’t with the sacrament itself; the problem is in how we teach it in the Catholic Church, and it is a very serious problem
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Amy MacKinnon
- Jan 12, 2020
- 7 min
How to Teach Baptism
What were the very last words spoken by Jesus to the Apostles? They were a command to baptize and teach. So how do you teach that?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Jan 7, 2020
- 7 min
How To Teach Grace
What is grace, how do you get it? There are different types of grace, so how do you teach someone about grace?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Dec 30, 2019
- 7 min
How to Teach the Sacraments
Why are the sacraments important? That’s always the first question to ask, especially when you’re teaching. So why are they?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Dec 19, 2019
- 5 min
Why Did Charles Dickens Write "A Christmas Carol?"
Why Did Dickens Name His Book “A Christmas Carol?” Is a story that takes place at Christmas enough to make the story Christian?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Dec 13, 2019
- 4 min
Why Do Catholic Churches Have So Many Images of Angels?
If you walk into a Catholic Church the chances are pretty good that you’re going to see a statue or image of at least one angel, but why?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Oct 20, 2019
- 7 min
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, and Christian Stories
A story that is about a practicing Christian who does nothing wrong is boring. So what makes a fictional story a good story?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Oct 15, 2019
- 5 min
What Did Paul Really Say About Women and Teaching?
From the earliest days of Christianity, women have been teaching the Faith. So is the Church itself rejecting the words of Paul?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Oct 5, 2019
- 3 min
Fairy Tales and Multiculturalism
Are fairy tales just stories for northern Europeans? Let's talk about the sources of many of these wonderful stories from other cultures
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Amy MacKinnon
- Oct 3, 2019
- 5 min
Harry Potter and Christianity
Doesn’t Harry get away with a lot of bad behavior, in addition to practicing magic? Are there really biblical references in Harry Potter?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Sep 26, 2019
- 3 min
Harry Potter and the Inklings
Why are the members of the Inklings widely accepted as Christian authors, when J.K. Rowling is so harshly criticized?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Sep 25, 2019
- 3 min
Jesus and Abraham
God promised that Abraham would be the father of a multitude of nations. How did Jesus fulfill that promise?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Sep 20, 2019
- 3 min
Narnia as a Fairy Tale
Which is better: Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, or the Chronicles of Narnia? Lord of the Rings is an epic Narnia is a fairy tale
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Amy MacKinnon
- Sep 18, 2019
- 3 min
Jesus and Melchizedek
God created three roles for those designated among His people to intercede between Him and His people: Priests, Prophets, and Kings
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Amy MacKinnon
- Sep 9, 2019
- 3 min
Jesus and Adam
When We Say that Jesus is the “New Adam,” what does that mean?
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