Pagans or Puritans…You Choose
You might remember that in C.S.Lewis’ Narnia stories Mr Tumnus the Faun recounts how they used to have jolly times with Bacchus
The Weirdness of Persecution
From today's Office of Readings. the Epistle to Diognetus is by an unknown author and dates to as early as 130 AD.
Fatima Atheists, the Incarnation, A Country Parson and Passionate Preaching
Four articles are loaded up to the ever increasing Archived Articles section of the blog. These articles are from various outlets for
Fatima and the Atheists
Atheists love to mock miracles, and the miracle of the sun at Fatima is one of their favorite objects of derision. The
The Passionate Preacher
My Dad was always critical of my choice of major in college. “Speech and English?!” he’d shake his head, “Why don’t you
The Bucolic Appeal of the Country Parson
They used to tell American boys that they could do anything if they put their mind to it. You could be an
Chapter Four – The Scandal of Particularity
…and in Jesus Christ his Only Son our Lord… Victorian designers of stained glass windows have a lot to answer for. Enshrined
Innocence and Experience – St Benedict and St Thérèse
From the Archives: In Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis observed, ‘How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously
Selling the American Jesus
I am in the middle of writing my next book. It was going to be called The Way of the Warrior Priest but the working
The Future Church 3 – Evangelical Catholicism
The third episode of my podcast analysis of John Allen's book The Future Church is posted here today. This is one of the most