Flashes of Insight

		[{"id":1616,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/07\/15\/july-16-july-22\/","name":"july-16-july-22","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/mohamed-nohassi-WCOQqnHEmqw-unsplash-1024x576.jpg","alt":""},"title":"July 16 - July 22","author":{"name":"flashes","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/flashes\/"},"date":"Jul 15, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-07-15 06:15:00","modifiedDate":"2025-06-18 11:16:02","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-06-17 23:16:02","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/reflections\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Reflections<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/reflections\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Reflections<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":30},"status":"publish","excerpt":"God\u2019s call rarely comes when we feel prepared. Grace breaks in through disruption, not certainty. We are not called because we are ready, but because God is already with us\u2014working through darkness, delay and trembling obedience."}]	

		[{"id":1636,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/07\/08\/bonhoeffers-theory-of-stupidity-speaks-to-our-digital-age\/","name":"bonhoeffers-theory-of-stupidity-speaks-to-our-digital-age","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/daria-nepriakhina-gGoi4QTXXBA-unsplash-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Bonhoeffer\u2019s Theory of Stupidity speaks to our digital age","author":{"name":"JP Grayland","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/joeg\/"},"date":"Jul 8, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-07-08 06:05:00","modifiedDate":"2025-06-25 00:23:57","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-06-24 12:23:57","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":52},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Stupidity isn\u2019t about intelligence, Bonhoeffer said. It\u2019s social, not solitary. It thrives in groups, in crowds, especially under power. The more people conform to ideologies or parties, the more they risk losing independent thought."},{"id":1804,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/07\/08\/our-lordes-new-album-sparks-talk-of-a-religious-experience\/","name":"our-lordes-new-album-sparks-talk-of-a-religious-experience","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lorde-virgin-feature-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Lorde\u2019s new album sparks talk of a religious experience","author":{"name":"Sande Ramage","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/sanderamage\/"},"date":"Jul 8, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-07-08 06:04:00","modifiedDate":"2025-07-08 22:00:55","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-07-08 10:00:55","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":54},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Religious decline in secular democracies was predicted over a decade ago. Dr Richard Weiner noted that survival depends on \u201cstatus or utility\u201d\u2014a cultural relevance that many faiths are losing. Without it, belief systems struggle to persist in the public sphere."},{"id":1483,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/07\/08\/embracing-absence\/","name":"embracing-absence","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sanctuary-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Embracing absence","author":{"name":"John Fairbrother","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/john-fairbrother\/"},"date":"Jul 8, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-07-08 06:03:00","modifiedDate":"2025-07-03 01:39:29","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-07-02 13:39:29","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":31},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Whether built of wood or woven from thought, sanctuaries shelter our better selves. They offer silence without loneliness, solitude without isolation. They become sacred by being separate\u2014reminding us that peace is not found in noise, but in the deliberate, generous hush of being still."}]	

		[{"id":1809,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/07\/08\/vatican-defends-science-amid-global-pushback\/","name":"vatican-defends-science-amid-global-pushback","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/vatican-observatory-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Vatican defends science amid global pushback","author":{"name":"Thomas Reese","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/thomasreese\/"},"date":"Jul 8, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-07-08 06:10:00","modifiedDate":"2025-07-03 22:36:27","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-07-03 10:36:27","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":4,"sec":17},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Calling for systemic change, the Vatican\u2019s Pontifical Academy of Sciences says governments must protect scientific independence and make evidence-based decisions, not bow to ideological pressures or conspiracy-driven narratives."},{"id":1837,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/07\/08\/integrating-catholic-and-native-beliefs\/","name":"integrating-catholic-and-native-beliefs","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pope-Francis-Amazon-Synod-Closing-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Integrating Catholic and Native beliefs","author":{"name":"flashes","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/flashes\/"},"date":"Jul 8, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-07-08 06:10:00","modifiedDate":"2025-07-07 00:17:55","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-07-06 12:17:55","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":46},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Leaning behind the altar are twelve cross-shaped fruit-picking poles, fashioned from saguaro ribs. These tools reflect both the harvest and the cross \u2014 symbols of physical labour and spiritual connection deeply embedded in O\u2019odham Catholic life."},{"id":1715,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/07\/01\/indias-treatment-of-rohingya-muslims-isnt-a-policy-failure-its-political-scapegoating\/","name":"indias-treatment-of-rohingya-muslims-isnt-a-policy-failure-its-political-scapegoating","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Rohingya-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"India\u2019s treatment of Rohingya Muslims isn\u2019t a policy failure. It\u2019s political scapegoating.","author":{"name":"Syndicated","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/syndicated\/"},"date":"Jul 1, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-07-01 06:11:00","modifiedDate":"2025-06-25 00:06:37","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-06-24 12:06:37","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":56},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Detention camps across India hold hundreds of Rohingya refugees. Some detainees have been confined for over a decade. One couple had to bury their child while handcuffed\u2014emblematic of the cruelty inflicted on this population."},{"id":1591,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/07\/01\/church-must-engage-culture-not-oppose-it\/","name":"church-must-engage-culture-not-oppose-it","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tomas-Halik-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Church must engage culture, not oppose it","author":{"name":"Syndicated","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/syndicated\/"},"date":"Jul 1, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-07-01 06:10:00","modifiedDate":"2025-07-03 14:12:20","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-07-03 02:12:20","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":7},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The Church should not be a subculture in conflict with society. Instead, it must infuse today\u2019s world with the Gospel through inculturation. Opposition to modernity has only deepened secularisation and alienated key groups from faith, including the young and the working class."},{"id":1721,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/06\/24\/the-eucharist-liturgy-of-unity-or-division\/","name":"the-eucharist-liturgy-of-unity-or-division","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Traditional-Latin-Mass-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"The Eucharist: Liturgy of unity or division?","author":{"name":"Thomas Reese","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/thomasreese\/"},"date":"Jun 24, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-06-24 06:16:00","modifiedDate":"2025-06-24 18:27:50","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-06-24 06:27:50","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":12},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The Eucharist is meant to unite, yet the Traditional Latin Mass continues to divide Catholics. Can the Church balance reverence for tradition with commitment to liturgical reform? Unity remains elusive as communities splinter along lines of language, nostalgia, and theological dissent."},{"id":1725,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/06\/24\/was-it-moral-to-bomb-iran\/","name":"was-it-moral-to-bomb-iran","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/B2-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Was it moral to bomb Iran?","author":{"name":"Syndicated","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/syndicated\/"},"date":"Jun 24, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-06-24 06:15:00","modifiedDate":"2025-06-24 18:23:29","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-06-24 06:23:29","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":4,"sec":5},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Aquinas and Augustine once offered frameworks to distinguish justified conflict from sin. Today, those teachings face new scrutiny as leaders weigh morality against national security in acts like the U.S.-Israel strike on Iran."}]