Doesn’t that sound awful? But yes, my old snake has shed her skin, and I will now be posting the things I used to put here on the First Thoughts blog under the label “Kinship and Culture.” You can see the first post, which explains the blog’s purpose, here. Enjoy! Read more
FEEL THE FEAR. Read more
People often ask why I didn’t just get out of New Orleans. The answer is simple, and will ring true to any addict: I stayed behind because I didn’t have enough heroin to last more than a day. I never even thought about leaving my beloved home city. Why would I venture to some unknown place where I had no idea where to score? more Read more
Cracked, so bar bar warnings about language bar bar, but don’t you need this? Read more
Really good stuff, much needed. Part one has a meaty paragraph about vocation and how parish communities can foster or stifle honesty and compassion (and I also got a lot from the comment by Pete, at 12.58). In part two, what was most striking to me was the contrast of the metaphor of discovery and the metaphor of integration. Although as a convert I obviously feel the metaphor of discovery pretty strongly, I agree that the second metaphor can be... Read more
“The poor girl has been wronged and has her own grief to contend with, believe me, Ivan, and there I was going on about my own,” [Ikhmenev] said, smiling ruefully. “I opened up an old wound. They say the sated and the hungry make bad bedfellows, but I’d add that the hungry and the hungry scarcely make any better. Well, goodbye!” Read more
Just randomly for your enjoyment, one of the all-time great exhibition skates. Igor Bobrin is a crazy person and I love his stuff so much! Read more
in which I review Oslo, August 31st. Read more
In which the creators of a fake Protestant sect are themselves outhoaxed! Via Libresco. Read more
is here. Via Wesley Hill. Read more
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