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This blog used to be hosted at Patheos, but I created my own site because I wanted to get away from the increased commercialism. 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 extremists were using my combox as their soapbox.
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Standing on My Head
“A scene is often most clearly seen when it is seen upside down.” G.K.Chesterton
The Descent of Man
John Zmirak has a smart article here on "Darwin's Doubt" and the fact that the more we learn about science the more ridiculous the theory of atheistic evolution becomes. Atheists have a problem. When
Correcting Father Martin SJ
Father Martin has done it again! On Twitter he takes the side of NYT journalist Frank Bruni who writes here about the case of a Catholic school employee who lost her job because she
How Sin Makes You an Insane Zombie
I think it was Mark Shea who coined the phrase "Sin Makes You Stupid". I'd push it further and say "Sin Make You Insane" In fact I'd say "Sin Makes You an Insane Zombie"
The Final Sermon on the Mount
The gospel this week is Luke's version of the Sermon on the Mount. It has a harder edge to it than Matthew's account, and the location of the sermon has moved from a hilltop
The Evil of Banality
A famous phrase was coined after the Nuremberg trials..."the banality of evil." Wishing to stand things on their head I wonder sometimes about the evil of banality. I'm thinking of the banality of much
My True Love
My true-love hath my heart and I have his, By just exchange one for the other given: I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss; There never was a bargain better driven. His
