Welcome to the new blog…
I have moved Standing on My Head from Patheos because I wanted to get away from the increased commercialism at that site. I also wanted to return to the more personal and relational style that I first had when blogging. As the readership increased at Patheos we lost the personal contact. I had to close the comments box because there were simply too many comments to moderate and too often commenters were using my combox as their soapbox.
Having a subscription gateway helps us return to that smaller, more personal blog. The main blog posts will still be free for everyone to read. My archived material will still be lodged at Patheos and will also be free. However there will be a donor-subscriber section here. Check it out here to see what is reserved for donor-subscribers.
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Thanks again for visiting and God bless you.
Standing on My Head
“A scene is often most clearly seen when it is seen upside down.” G.K.Chesterton
From Bob Jones University to the Catholic Church
Taking dramatic steps of faith runs in the family. In the eighteenth century my Mennonite ancestors left Switzerland for the new colony of Pennsylvania to find religious freedom. Seven generations later my part of
Catholics Getting Grumpy
I'm wondering why so many of my fellow Catholics are getting so grumpy. So much quarreling, backbiting, petty quarrels and quibbles about thing theological or liturgical or biblical or moral. Put on the brakes.
The Mass: More Than a Trip Down Memory Lane
I remember once a seminarian asked me if I got tired of saying Mass and whether it wasn't "a bit boring sometimes?" The answer is no. Somehow each time one celebrates Mass the Holy
The Mysterious Mr Shakespeare and the King James Version
It is a bit late on April 23-Shakespeare's probable birth day and anniversary of his death, but I've had a busy day. Anyway, a little treat for Shakespeare lovers. If you who don't already
My Journey Back in Time…
Cardinal Newman's favorite quote is "to be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant." Certainly that was the case for me. The little Evangelical church in which I was brought up was
Rene Girard and the Real Reason Traditional Catholic Worship Will Survive
OK. This blog post is going to go way down deep, but I'm going to explain the deep down reason why traditional Catholic worship will not only survive, but thrive. It begins with the
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