Articles by Paul Collins
The Plenary Council has been a masterclass in avoiding the real problems in the Catholic Church.
The present model of the Catholic Church has far outlasted its relevance. The time has come for all Catholics to tell Rome loudly and clearly: the monarchical model isnt fit for purpose and has to go. Despite Brisbane archbishop Mark Coleridge telling us some months ago that “We [bishops] can’t put up a sign saying business as usual,” last week the Plenary Council organisers managed to get the 278 members participating in a process that guaranteed just that.
PAUL COLLINS. A badly governed Church needs a new model. Catholicism continues to wrestle with the unrealized vision of the Second Vatican Council.
It is an understatement to say that Catholicism is in deep trouble. The sexual abuse tragedy and the secrecy and denial surrounding are obvious symptoms. A key element in the broader Church crisis is governance. Contemporary Catholicism operates out of a monarchical model that may have worked in the seventeenth century, but today is totally inappropriate and toxic. More importantly, contemporary Church government has little to do with Jesus or the New Testament. First, some history.
PAUL COLLINS. Give me a break!
Please, please, give me a break from Israel Folau! Weve all heard more than enough about whos going to hell. He can believe whatever he wants and he can blow his bags ad nauseam to his Pentecostal mates. But we dont have to take it seriously. Hes a rugby footballer, for goodness sake, not a biblical scholar! His literalist and fundamentalist views are simply wrong; theyre not what the bible says and they dont represent the views of the vast majority of Christians.
Lusk Lodging Tax up for vote
LUSK - The Niobrara County Chamber of Commerce is seeking community support for a tax that helps generate tourism in the town of Lusk. The tax, known as the Lusk Lodging Tax, will be appearing on the May ballot. According to Niobrara Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jackie Bredthauer, the tax has been collected for several years now by local hotels and campgrounds. The majority of the tax is paid by people from out of town who are traveling through the area.
California Literary Review
The Book of William: How Shakespeare’s First Folio Conquered the World Bloomsbury USA, 256 pp. Do you think Shakespeare had any sense that he was doing something lasting with his plays? I don’t know if he did. ’Cause it was only his poems that were published in his lifetime. Yeah, and he didn’t even really want the poems published, so … [laughs]. I don’t think he did, to be honest. Because there was no precedent for it, at that time. Certainly not for anything written in English.
Roman Catholic Reporter For United States Questions Sumerians Existence Aha Aha!
Were There Sumerians? By Paul Collins. The Sumerians can seem very familiar. They have been understood as a distinct people, speaking a common language, who occupied the alluvial plains of southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) between approximately 3500 and 2000 BCE. Credited with the invention of nothing less than cities, writing and the wheel, they hold an ancient mirror to our own urban, literate world. But is this picture correct?
'Closing Kingsdown Sports Centre would be unfair, wrong and possibly unlawful'
Your say / Kingsdown Sports Centre By Paul Collins, Sunday Jan 9, 2022 Following last year’s public consultation on the future of sports facilities across Bristol, Marvin Rees is to decide whether to close Kingsdown Sports Centre. As I write this, it looks like our mayor – who I voted for – will decide to close the centre. That decision would be unfair and wrong. It would show a worry disregard for the often-unheard voices of our city and deny them the opportunity to help make their lives better.
The Plenary Council has been a masterclass in avoiding the real problems in the Catholic Church.
(Image: Unsplash) The present model of the Catholic Church has far outlasted its relevance. The time has come for all Catholics to tell Rome loudly and clearly: the monarchical model isn’t fit for purpose and has to go. Despite Brisbane archbishop Mark Coleridge telling us some months ago that “We [bishops] can’t put up a sign saying business as usual,” last week the Plenary Council organisers managed to get the 278 members participating in a process that guaranteed just that.
Paul Collins: State needs to end the senseless slaughter of wolves
Paul Collins: State needs to end the senseless slaughter of wolves The Trump administration in November ended Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in most of the United States. GARY KRAMER , U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE By Paul Collins | guest column On Monday June 21 the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released its over-winter wolf population estimate. Their population range was a very elastic low of 944 to a high of 1,377 wolves, amounting to little more than guesswork.
100,000 Bottles of Beer in the Wall | Paul Collins
Spring 2004 Alfred Heineken’s recycling program Paul Collins I saw Tom Kelly’s house many years ago; I was with some friends, spending spring break poking around Death Valley for really no good reason at all. It was across the Nevada border that we found Rhyolite, an old mining town that had 10,000 inhabitants at its height. But that was before the silver ran out. Now Rhyolite is as empty as an old beer bottle—or so we thought. When we approached the old Kelly house, we were in for a surprise.
JMood Records Releases Pianist Roberto Magris' 'Shuffling Ivories'
All About Jazz Home » News » Recording SOURCE: PAUL COLLINS February 10, 2021 Sign in to view read count Although this project reflects music from several jazz greats, it is primarily my tribute to Eubie Blake.
Garston honours Jack Jones’ memory
Jack Jones commemorative painting on Church Road in Garston, Liverpool Garston has honoured the memory of famous trade union leader Jack Jones with a new mural. A century ago, on the 29th March 1913, union leader Jack Jones was born in Garston and the community celebrated his birthday in fashion, using art to pay tribute to a beloved local hero who fought for the sake of his fellow workers.
How to play Winged Foot Golf Club when you have no member contacts
Like several prestigious private clubs, Winged Foot Golf Club opens its doors a few times for charity outings. This photo is from a 2009 event benefiting the Autism Speaks foundation. Joe Kohen/Getty Images (Updated: Sept. 14, 2020) Q: I have always wanted to play Winged Foot Golf Club, but I don't know any members. Do you know how I can get on? A: We know a lot of the secrets to getting on some of the best private golf courses in the world, and yes, Winged Foot Golf Club is no different.
California Literary Review
Non-Fiction Reviews “I think most scholars tend to trust the First Folio more than anything else, not because of the materials that went into it, in terms of what papers did they have on hand, but because it was [the actors] Heminge and Condell.
PAUL COLLINS. First Step to a Better Church? -
I must admit up-front that I’m not a fan of committee reports. They’re usually pedestrian and repetitious, even at the best of times. So, to be honest, I didn’t approach the 200-page Governance Review Project Team (GRPT) report The Light from the Southern Cross with much enthusiasm.
PAUL COLLINS. Ten new papal electors
Last Sunday Pope Francis unexpectedly announced that on October 5 he would appoint thirteen new members to the college of cardinals from thirteen different countries, a truly international group. Ten of the new appointments are under the age of 80 and can therefore vote in a papal election. Significantly there were no Americans, and only one from Italy.
Lay community key to reforming Catholicism
Trigger warning: sexual abuse, child abuse. One of the most extraordinary recent examples of commitment is the loyalty shown by many post-Vatican II Catholics to the church. Despite their steadfast support for the emphases of that Council, these lay Catholics, supported by many priests, are often seen as a 'nuisance' by senior church leaders whose real focus has been protecting their own positions and clericalist ideology.
PAUL COLLINS. Give me a break!
Please, please, give me a break from Israel Folau! We’ve all heard more than enough about who’s going to hell. He can believe whatever he wants and he can blow his bags ad nauseam to his Pentecostal mates. But we don’t have to take it seriously. He’s a rugby footballer, for goodness sake, not a biblical scholar! His literalist and fundamentalist views are simply wrong; they’re not what the bible says and they don’t represent the views of the vast majority of Christians.
PAUL COLLINS. A badly governed Church needs a new model. Catholicism continues to wrestle with the unrealized vision of the Second Vatican Council.
It is an understatement to say that Catholicism is in deep trouble. The sexual abuse tragedy and the secrecy and denial surrounding are obvious symptoms. A key element in the broader Church crisis is governance. Contemporary Catholicism operates out of a monarchical model that may have worked in the seventeenth century, but today is totally inappropriate and toxic. More importantly, contemporary Church government has little to do with Jesus or the New Testament. First, some history.
The Financial Dangers of Sport
Mixed emotions for the Irish rugby community this week. One the one hand a clear sweep of the World Rugby awards in Monaco, but the following day Joe Schmidt announces his intention to depart. An historic year though and one that was a big money spinner for the IRFU who reported a 1.2 million euro surplus for 2017/18. The Grand Slam win for Ireland's men, Champions Cup glory for Leinster and the advancement of Munster to two semi-finals resulted in significant financial improvement for the Union.
JMood Records Releases World Gardens By The Roberto Magris Quartet
All About Jazz Home » News » Recording SOURCE: PAUL COLLINS November 22, 2018 Sign in to view read count JMood Records is pleased to announce the CD release of World Gardens by The Roberto Magris Quartet. “This music remains rooted in the jazz tradition.
Paper Moons | Lewis H. Lapham
Americans so dearly love to be fooled. —Charles Baudelaire Swindle and Fraud, the vaudeville team of nouns headlining this issue of Lapham’s Quarterly, are old dogs always keen to learn new tricks, and their spirited performance during the Great Recession showcased the attention paid to their studies since the Great Houdini, on the evening of January 7, 1918, vanished a five-ton elephant from the stage of New York’s Hippodrome Theater.
Photos: New Indoor Football Practice Facility
Talk about it in The Insiders Forum Photos of the new indoor practice facility located at the west end of Gamecock Park, west of Williams-Brice Stadium. Gamecock Central was there to bring it to you. Click on the links below: - Get breaking news and special features delivered to your email inbox and get our exclusive recruiting and football guides FREE! Thank you! Please add [email protected] to your address book.
The Atlas Excerpt: Banvard's Folly
An Illustration showing John Banvard presenting his panorama to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle, 1849 (Photo: Courtesy Erkki Huhtamo, 'Illusions in Motion: Media Archaeology of the Moving Panorama and Related Spectacles', The MIT Press) EDITOR'S NOTE: Each month, we’ll be sharing our enthusiasm for a book of recent or not-so-recent vintage that touches on Atlas Obscura’s central theme: the profound strangeness of our world.
Edgar Allan Poe: The Fever Called Living (Icons)
Looming large in the popular imagination as a serious poet and lively drunk who died in penury, Edgar Allan Poe was also the most celebrated and notorious writer of his day. He died broke and alone at the age of forty, but not before he had written some of the greatest works in the English language, from the chilling “The Tell-Tale Heart” to “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” — the first modern detective story — to the iconic poem “The Raven.” Poe's life was one of unremitting hardship.
Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful Who knew a book about forgery and the Getty Museum could be so fascinating? Having visited the Getty Museum numerous times, I have always been astounded at the treasures that the museum holds.
Lusk gets taste of international politics
LUSK - On occasion, even small towns can play a role in the contentious realm of international politics. Such has become the case for the high-plains town of Lusk, which is now serving as the temporary home of General John Anari, leader of the National Liberation Army of West Papua. Anari came to town on Saturday, October 18, at the invitation of Lusk resident Thomas Bleming.
Amazon.com: The Prince of Providence: The True Story of Buddy Cianci, America's Most Notorious Mayor, Some Wiseguys, and the Feds eBook: Mike Stanton: Kindle Store
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful I know very little about New England or Rhode Island. I'm not terribly interested in politics. I came to this book in a roundabout way. I had never been aware of Buddy Cianci until I happened to see a musical at the New York International Fringe Theatre Festival in 2003 titled BUDDY CIANCI.
Mallory Ortberg: LibraryThing Author Interview
Mallory Ortberg has written for Gawker, New York Magazine, The Hairpin, and The Atlantic. She is also—along with partner in crime/editing Nicole Cliffe—the co-creator of The Toast, a general-interest website geared toward women. Since its debut in July 2013, The Toast has developed quite a cult following.
A Father's Journey into the Lost History of Autism: Paul Collins: 9781582344782: Amazon.com: Books
This is my favorite book on autism, period. I adore it.I am a 30-year-old mom with Asperger Syndrome, my 11-year-old daughter has Autism. As such, I have sought books to keep on hand to give to friends who may be interested in reading about autism. I wish I could afford a whole shelf full of this one!Paul Collins writing is insightful and deep and it flows well - leading from one chapter into the next, it's a difficult book to put down.
[GUEST POST] Paul Collins on The Writing Career
The Writing Career by Paul Collins I didn’t read books as a kid. I did read a helluva lot of comics, though. Captain America, Spiderman, The Hulk and many others from the Marvel Group. From this I figured it would be easy to write books. Go figure. Stupid. Naïve. And the rest of it. Also bizarrely at the age of 20 I figured I could publish a science fiction magazine, despite only vaguely knowing the name Asimov. I did have the foresight to realise I needed help, though.
It started 100 years ago, with the SPUGs.
Tell me, do you spend too much money during the holiday season? Do you drive yourself into tens of dollars of debt with the purchase of mere gimcracks and geegaws? Also, are you an upstanding lady ready to angrily shake your umbrella? SPUG started with a bang at the Nov. 14, 1912 meeting of the Working Girls' Vacation Fund. Founded a year earlier to help Manhattan shop clerks set aside a little money each week, the fund had quickly grown to 6,000 members, with savings of $30,000.
Namejacking - Believer Magazine
For an editor, dead authors are notably easier to work with than living ones. This probably explains why, in 1731, the London printer Thomas Astley was able to coax a most unusual seventy-four-page tract out of Sir Isaac Newton: Tables for Renewing and Purchasing Leases of Cathedral Churches and Colleges.
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