by Sheryl Collmer | Aug 27, 2018 | TOBET, TOBET Blog, by Sheryl Collmer
This post begins a series of adult reflections on TOBET’s The Body Matters children’s theology of the body curriculum. Our staff was already educated in theology of the body and Catholic studies when we began, but writing these books has been a discovery for all of...
by Sheryl Collmer | Aug 15, 2018 | TOBET, TOBET Blog, by Sheryl Collmer
TOBET has done many things in our 17-year life, but there is one thing we are uniquely qualified to do: teach children the theology of the body. To interpret and re-express very sophisticated ideas in simple ways takes a special gift. I venture to say that Monica...
by Sheryl Collmer | Jul 18, 2018 | TOBET Blog, by Sheryl Collmer, Culture
This blurb came into my mailbox recently, from a blog called “Future Human”: “The life-changing forces of technology and globalization are re-inventing what it means to be human. Three-person babies. Extreme biohacking. Outposts on Mars. Sex robots. The union of man...
by Sheryl Collmer | Feb 5, 2018 | TOBET Blog, by Sheryl Collmer, Culture
Profanity on primetime TV increased 69% from 2005 to 2010. And that’s just the major networks, never mind cable. I would have to assume that, by 2018, they’ve given up counting. So it’s not just my advancing age or sensitivity. We really are living in an Age of...
by Sheryl Collmer | Dec 19, 2017 | TOBET Blog, by Sheryl Collmer, Catholic Life
Last week, I toured the “Painted Churches” of south Texas for a solid week. A pilgrimage route called “El Camino de Lavaca” has been established that includes most of the Catholic churches (painted or not) in four counties located in the Austin/Houston/San Antonio...