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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
Tenderness, A Fat Man, Same Sex Marriage and the Nose
Four articles are loaded today into the Archived Articles section of the blog. This section is for Premium Level Donor Subscribers. I invite you to sign up to support the blog by being a
What I Learned From the Sorrowful Mysteries
Maybe because it is Lent, but I have been drawn over the last few days to especially pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary. Partly because I am working on a little book
Opinions and Ideologies
I've sometimes pondered what I would do if I were questioned by some totalitarian authority about some issue--same sex marriage for example--and they began to assert pressure. I guess I could say, "I have
Gargoyle Code Daily Lent Podcast – Week Two
Week Two of the daily Gargoyle Lent podcast is here. You can listen to the whole week in one podcast lasting about 30-40 minutes or you can listen to the podcasts daily using the
“Yucarist”? No Thanks. And Here’s Why
There is a suggestion that at the Pan-Amazon Synod of Bishops coming up in October the South American bishops will request that yuca be substituted for wheat bread at the Eucharist. What is yuca?
The Practical Practice of Lent
It always amazes and delights me to think how practical our Catholic faith is. That is to say, it works. It does what we say it does. All we need is a bit of
