This is an Irish/Gaelic Christmas carol. One of my favorite versions of this carol— enjoy. BW3 Read more
From the very beginning The burden was clear Sometimes bearable Sometimes severe Ate from the apple Shared it with him Disobeyed the order Indulged the whim. What was the outcome? The fruit of the act? She ‘knew’ good and evil? She experienced it in fact? Did the earth creature join her? Did he crumble into dust? Did he die in an instant? Or just tumble into lust? To love and to cherish Becomes ‘desire and dominate’ Objectify the ‘other’ So... Read more
A cold and listless season, And full of cheerless cheer, When hopes are raised and dashed again And joy dissolves in tears. The search for endless family The search for one true Friend Leaves questers tired, disconsolate With questions without end. Best find some potent pleasure quick Some superficial thrill Than search for everlasting love When none can fill that bill. So hide yourselves in shopping And eating ‘til you burst, Use endless entertainment As shelter from the worst. And... Read more
Historically more important in some ways than St. Paul outside the Walls, is the basilica of San Clemente, which is just a little ways up a via from the Roman coliseum of Titus. It is important because what we have is an 11th century church built on top of a 4th century Constantinian church, which in turn is built on top of a house, which is said to be the home of either a 2nd century Roman Senator named Clement... Read more
On our recent visit to Rome Ann and I visited two churches we had not seen before, and the most recently re-built of these is the beautiful St. Paul outside the (old city) Walls, which is well worth a visit. Actually, there had been other churches called St. Paul’s outside the Wall on this same spot, but even the 19th century one burned down, and the church you see now was constructed in the late 19th and into the 20th... Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7N79eWiqPU I was in seminary in the 70s when the first episode of Star Wars came out…. and it was truly something remarkable. Fresh, fun, with interesting and odd characters and snarky dialogue. This ninth and final episode of the Star Wars has only been 45 years in coming. Talk about a long running story…..So what did I think of this last installment. Well, I enjoyed that J.J. Abrams tried to revisit some of the fun elements and humor of... Read more
One of the things that has really irritated me about various ‘Progressive’ Christian blogs on this website is the false assumption that Evangelicals in general are in lock step with our immoral President, or simply turn a blind eye to his sins which are many. Well, Mark Galli, the senior editor at Christianity Today, has now made perfectly clear that Evangelicalism, like the rest of the country is quite divided on the issue of Trump and whether he should be... Read more
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