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September 2019

September 28, 2019
I think, if it were not for hell, Christianity would be perfect for many now...
September 27, 2019
Ambrose made Christian Milan musical. I saw him at rest in the crypt of the...
September 26, 2019
The society might have been dying, but he won a few comedy prizes.  Aristophanes was...
September 25, 2019
I asked for guest voices and today I am pleased to introduce a voice that...
September 24, 2019
There are no orcs in a real war. Humans fight and die in a war,...
September 23, 2019
Barnaby Rudge defies Hollywood and shows the Victorians were better than we are in at...
September 22, 2019
I am often sad. I once met an atheist who said that if I was...
September 21, 2019
I was driving home out of hope. My mom had spoken about the promises of...
September 20, 2019
Thinking through your beliefs is not “ad hoc” . . . At least in a...
September 19, 2019
I CAN TRUST I can not see why trials come, And sorrows follow thick and...
September 18, 2019
“The arts,” we were told, “are the soul of the city.” And this was the...
September 17, 2019
Beware a love or a life based on mere dreams.  God may speak in dreams,...
September 16, 2019
Times were bad, but rebellion was not the answer. Truly gruesome people often rise to...
September 15, 2019
Richard II, at least as portrayed by Shakespeare, frittered away his Kingdom on trivial pursuits...
September 14, 2019
If the citizens of Verona took their association with Shakespeare and made it cheap and...
September 13, 2019
Plato is misunderstood more than read.  Thank the Demiurge, a few seek understanding and not...
September 12, 2019
Sappho, according to the little we have of her writings, knows the power of mighty...
September 11, 2019
Mercy cannot be demanded. Mercy is a gift, not a debt. Mercy is what God...
September 10, 2019
Reasonable Confusion? Who is that?  Once I was on a jury where a juror confused...
September 09, 2019
His Grace Bishop Thomas shares some thoughts on the Feast of Holy Cross: For the...
September 08, 2019
Prayer probably works, even if you are an atheist. Prayer almost certainly helps the person...
September 07, 2019
Perhaps we can find someone to do some evil for us that good may abound...
September 06, 2019
A perpetual error of humankind is to think that knowing the future would help us...
September 05, 2019
I have been told Americans elect a president and not a pastor. This is true:...
September 04, 2019
Being honorable, at least in death, is a hard calling, but not one that is...
September 03, 2019
Beware the temptation to find unity in hatred of a common foe. Shakespeare starts his...
September 02, 2019
We need hope, badly. Is there hope for a happy ending in reality? Can a...
September 01, 2019
God save the swineherds. If you have read the excellent Prydain series, and you should, then...

August 2019

August 31, 2019
The lure of secret knowledge destroyed Poe, warped Lovecraft, wounded Machen,and left Charles Williams less...
August 30, 2019
Once I was asked how people managed to hang around Jesus and miss Him. Having...
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