{"id":2688,"date":"2011-08-26T15:36:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T22:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2017-06-28T23:25:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T06:25:13","slug":"7-quick-takes-vol-3-controversy-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=2688","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes &#8211; Vol. 3 &#8211; Controversy Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conversiondiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/7_quick_takes_sm1.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.conversiondiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/7_quick_takes_sm1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conversiondiary.com\/2011\/08\/7-quick-takes-friday-vol-140.html\">Join the fun at Conversion Diary!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I read lots of articles every day. Scads and oodles and (if they were in printed format) reams of them!\u00a0 Often the writings that I read are from very opinionated authors (which, in all honesty, I much prefer to just-the-facts-ma&#8217;am reporting).\u00a0 Other articles are news reports about events or issues that provoke highly volatile reactions from readers\/commenters.\u00a0 Today I will offer you a sampling of some of the controversy that flows across my screen on a day-to-day-basis.\u00a0 Read at your own risk.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">~*1*~<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2011\/08\/19\/miller_essay_on_how_faculty_should_get_out_before_higher_education_collapses\">James D. Miller essay:<br \/>\n<strong>Get Out While You Can<\/strong><br \/>\non how faculty should get out before higher ed collapses<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ve been wondering for some time how sustainable the ever-increasing cost of higher education is.\u00a0 Recently there have been several articles such as this one that predict the bubble will burst in the forseeable future.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s sensible for not only faculty to consider their alternatives, but families with children approaching &#8220;college age&#8221;.\u00a0 Learning about alternative educational as well as entrepreneurial options seems prudent.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">~*2*~<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9r68rbetD_E\/Tkv81dbo-FI\/AAAAAAAABJM\/6L2pKacSqnw\/s1600\/Catholicism.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9r68rbetD_E\/Tkv81dbo-FI\/AAAAAAAABJM\/6L2pKacSqnw\/s1600\/Catholicism.jpg\" width=\"185\" height=\"280\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinveil.net\/2011\/08\/catholicism-review.html\">Brandon Vogt Reviews<br \/>\nCATHOLICISM<br \/>\nby Robert Barron<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ve been <strong><em>waiting and waiting<\/em><\/strong> for Fr. Robert Barron&#8217;s DVD series to come out!!<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a preview:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RzowCr_5Qlk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"345\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">On the strength of Brandon&#8217;s review of the book,<br \/>\nI immediately pre-ordered it<br \/>\nand can&#8217;t wait for it to arrive next week.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">~*3*~<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.feminagirls.com\/2011\/08\/24\/on-women-divisiveness-and-hobby-horses\/#more-3464\">The Femina Girls:<br \/>\nOn Women, Divisiveness and Hobby Horses<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I spent a lot of years beating myself up because of exactly what this article addresses.\u00a0 And for a while, I was just as happy not to have any female friends, since I needed the space to breathe and just learn to be confident in establishing my own household without the constant finger wagging.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">~*4*~<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.faithandfamilylive.com\/images\/dailyBlog\/blog\/cache\/122277430-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.faithandfamilylive.com\/images\/dailyBlog\/blog\/cache\/122277430-300x201.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithandfamilylive.com\/blog\/the_coming_christian_ghetto\">Faith &amp; Family Live:<br \/>\nThe Coming Christian Ghetto<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Great quote:<br \/>\n&#8220;We do not serve people because they are Catholic; we serve people because we are Catholic.&#8221;<br \/>\nThis article concerns the push in society at large to marginalize people of faith as they seek to obediently live out that faith in service to the world.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">~*5*~<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.daylife.com\/imageserve\/03DVeRE7At4Md\/610x.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/cache.daylife.com\/imageserve\/03DVeRE7At4Md\/610x.jpg\" width=\"388\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamestaylor\/2011\/07\/27\/new-nasa-data-blow-gaping-hold-in-global-warming-alarmism\/\">Forbes:<br \/>\nNew NASA Data Blow Gaping Hole In Global Warming Alarmism<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What &#8211; Global Warming controversial?\u00a0 You mean all scientists don&#8217;t walk in lock step?<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">~*6*~<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewamerica.com\/columns\/abbott\/110820\">Matt C. Abbott at Renew America:<br \/>\nWhen attending Mass becomes an occasion of sin<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Modesty in church, and the lack thereof.<br \/>\nBelieve me, it&#8217;s a problem.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">~*7*~<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicsun.org\/2011\/august\/23\/cathedral-altar-servers.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catholicsun.org\/assets\/images\/2011\/082311-cathedral-altar-servers-510x350.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.catholicsun.org\/assets\/images\/2011\/082311-cathedral-altar-servers-510x350.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"212\" \/><br \/>\nThe Catholic Sun:<br \/>\nCathedral&#8217;s policy change on altar servers ignites discussion<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wow, is this a hot button!<br \/>\nFor the record, I support Fr. Lankeit&#8217;s decision, and pray that vocations will blossom in our parish and diocese.<br \/>\nA couple of quotes that resonated with me:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;If you look around the Church \u2014 and I&#8217;m talking about the overall Church \u2014 if you look at dioceses, if you look at religious orders and you look at parishes where they have the clear honoring of the distinction and the complementarity of men and women, you see both vocations flourish,&#8221; Fr. Lankeit said. &#8220;And when I say both vocations, I mean to the priesthood as well as vocations to the consecrated religious life.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The fact is, Fr. Lakeit said, becoming an altar server is not at all about rights. The same goes, he said, for the priesthood.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;Prior to my ordination, as a single, Catholic man, I had no right whatsoever to the priesthood. And so when I went into the seminary, I was determining whether or not Jesus Christ was calling me to be a priest, but the Church was likewise discerning me and the ultimate decision was the Church&#8217;s,&#8221; Fr. Lankeit said. &#8220;Even if I felt very, very strongly at the bottom of my heart that I was called to be a priest and the Church didn&#8217;t recognize that, I had to accept that.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the fun at Conversion Diary! I read lots of articles every day. 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