The word “Christmas” refers to the birth of Christ, of course, but more specifically it denotes the worship service–more than that, the Communion service, the “mass”–that marks that event. So as we put Christ back in Christmas, let us also put mass back in Christmas.
Our two-year-old grandson is here. We Tivo’d some episodes of his favorite show, “Thomas and His Friends.” Thomas is a train engine, and his friends are other kinds of heavy machinery and the people who tend them. The “Thomas” franchise started as a series of
by G. K. Chesterton The Christ-child lay on Mary’s lap, His hair was like a light. (O weary, weary were the world, But here is all aright.) The Christ-child lay on Mary’s breast His hair was like a star. (O stern and cunning are the
From That Controversial ‘Messiah’ in “Christianity Today”: Maestro John Nelson left Shanghai shortly after directing Handel’s Messiah in 2006. Most of the audience members had loved it, Nelson said, although neither the English words nor a translation had been in their programs. “The force of
by Gilbert Keith Chesterton [1874-1936] There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the place where she was homeless All men are at home. The crazy stable close at hand, With shaking timber and shifting sand, Grew a stronger thing
My film class is over, and my Netflix account is my own. Christmas break looms. I’ve been somewhat out of touch with movie releases since I stepped away from reviewing movies for WORLD. The post below shows my frustration with bad, though heralded, movies. You
We finally watched the “Beowulf” movie. It was bad in so many ways, I hardly know where to begin. First, I do not like that technique of blending real actors with computer animation. It makes for interesting special effects, but, at this stage of technology,
OK, so Congress voted not to bailout the auto industry to the tune of $14 billion. Whereupon President Bush decides to bailout the auto industry anyway, paying out more than Congress had contemplated, a whopping $17 billion. George Will sees such disregard of the legislature
Bernard Madoff made off with $50 billion through a Ponzi scheme, which is a scam in which new investments are collected and used to pay off earlier investments. Eventually, too many people are owed money and there aren’t enough new people paying in to make
The Washington Post has a good article on how the unbelievable political corruption in Illinois–which culminated in its governor getting caught trying to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat–came unraveled. It all began with a grandmother refusing to let the politicians shake her down: The wide-ranging
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