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Standing on My Head
“A scene is often most clearly seen when it is seen upside down.” G.K.Chesterton
Poem for The Annunciation
I am working on a cycle of poems for the mysteries of the Rosary Here is the one for today's Solemnity: Here in a bright alchemy, history collides and combines with eternal things. [...]
Taking Root in Catholic Culture
Starting April 14 Our Lady of the Rosary in Greenville will be hosting a free seven week online seminar on Catholic Culture. I'll be in conversation with NCR Rome correspondent Ed Pentin, architect Duncan [...]
Ten Things I’ve Learned From Having a Stroke
At the end of January I experienced a slight stroke. I had been having some back pains, and when I was getting dressed in the morning I felt dizzy and my left leg went [...]
Warts–The Biggest Problem for Converts
Scott Hahn's wife Kimberly was once asked what three things were the biggest obstacles to her conversion to Catholicism and she reportedly replied, "Mary, Mary and Mary." Other converts have said, "Once I got [...]
Flannery O’Connor: Catholic Steel Magnolia
A few weeks ago I made a little pilgrimage with my brother to Flannery O'Connor's home in North Georgia. While convalescing I have been reading her letters collected in The Habit of Being. The [...]
Back to Blogging
Some of my readers will have picked up from Twitter and from a blog post yesterday that at the end of January I suffered a slight stroke. My left side was weakened and my [...]
