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January 2021

January 30, 2021
I have some Catholic reflections on the haunting use of the traditional Latin requiem chant...
January 18, 2021
I had an interesting discussion about Baptism and some of its implications from a Catholic...
January 08, 2021
    Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary has played an integral role in Christian...
January 05, 2021
In the Catholic circles in which I move, there tends to be hard split between...

December 2020

December 29, 2020
  I recently saw it written that the burden of the Church is too unappealing,...
December 25, 2020
  There is more to Christmas than just Christ's birth. It serves as the beginning...
December 17, 2020
I've observed a certain phenomena among some writers in Progressive Christian circles, and an emphasis...

October 2020

October 22, 2020
October is a month of many saints who have especially touched my spiritual journey and...

September 2020

September 22, 2020
So much has been happening these days in the political arena, its terribly hard to...

August 2020

August 29, 2020
The day of Ashura, which is the 10th day of the month of Muharram, is...
August 22, 2020
Sometimes life presents strange contrasts, like when I found myself simultaneously watching The Passion of...
August 05, 2020
You are my first love, tossed by the sea of my soul. My blood has...

July 2020

July 31, 2020
In the past, I’ve had some interesting conversations about the controversial story of Abraham/Ibrahim being...
July 17, 2020
The theory of the evolution of species has rocked the world of traditional religious thought...
July 15, 2020
As most of my loyal readers know by now, I have long had a love...
July 08, 2020
There is a common claim made that the distinction between Muslim and Christian understandings of...
July 07, 2020
Is there any hope of a bridge being build between traditional religious communities on the...

June 2020

June 27, 2020
 In Memory of the New York Draft Riots of 1863      Hear, O Africa, cradle...
June 18, 2020
I’m the kind of person who must “meet” people. It is the only way I...
June 11, 2020
There is painful, and there is very painful. This revisionist cinematic production of James Fennimore...
June 07, 2020
Trinity Sunday is often joked about in Christian circle as that day anyone can easily...
June 05, 2020
It is my heartfelt belief that history, and historical figures, are as inherently complex as...
June 02, 2020
There is nothing like inhumanity to remind us that we are human. Tell yourself all...

May 2020

May 28, 2020
“The people of the city, young and old Were all lamenting, crying, sighing loud The...
May 27, 2020
The news seems to be flooded these days of terrible updates. From killer viruses to...
May 23, 2020
There are pathetically few movies that are able to deal with political themes and still...
May 20, 2020
The following is a rather lengthy response I made to a Muslim friend who sent...
May 18, 2020
There is a legend in the Rhondda Valley of Wales about a young shepherd named...
May 14, 2020
In the month of May, Catholics focus particular attention on the role of the Blessed...
May 12, 2020
As one of the only movies to make a Catholic English Martyr its main focus,...
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