Between the Great Earache of 2010 and all the stuff I’m writing and filing in order to be ready to head for Philly and Boston next week, I’ve been letting my mail pile up. As a result some prayer requests have gone unread. My apologies to those who have been waiting around for me to post their prayers. Also, my apologies to all who have sent me sundry correspondence, links to post, questions, etc. I’m kind of drowning. Bear with... Read more

Today, my lackeys and lickspittles, I command you to enjoy, not just Jonathon Coulton, not just They Might Be Giants, and not just Da Vinci’s Notebook, but Jonathan Coulton and Paul and Storm (from Da Vinci’s Notebook), doing a cover of TMBG’s “Birdhouse in your Soul”. Please avoid jokes about “killing birds with one stone” or I shall be forced to have one of my deranged planet-killing psychic breaks that we Dark Lords are famous for. Maestro…? That is all! Read more

A reader writes: Please pray for my brother and his family—he is likely to lose his job next week (temp after being laid off a while back) and they may lose their apartment as well. Very hardworking people but it is what it is. He is trusting God to take care of his family but they are really up against it, as are so many now. Father, hear our prayer for your provision for your son as he seeks to... Read more

A reader writes: I am a recent convert and I joined the Church this last Easter. As soon as I entered the Church, however, I succumbed to an old temptation that I thought I had put behind me- a temptation to abuse alcohol. The timing of this struggle makes me think that there is a strong spiritual dimension involved, and that the enemy is trying to keep me away from the Church and the sacraments. This is a difficult sin... Read more

I’m way behind in my work. Back Monday! Thanks again for your prayers and generosity. The ear is finally coming under control and only pangs now and then. Worst. Pain. Ever. I wonder what people did before antibiotics and anesthetics? Go mad? How good to live in the 21st century! Read more

In which we take a look at the happy work of cultural renewal being conducted by Our Woman in Hollywood. I love Barb. She does not suffer fools gladly and she tells you exactly what she thinks. I know. She’s done it to me now and then. 🙂 Read more

Just enough of us. Way too much of you. Population Research Institute to First World Ruling Class: Buzz off. Sign now. Read more

Any church or parachurch organization (and they ain’t all Protestant) that works on the Nearest Warm Body approach to ministry recruitment will find this cringingly funny: This makes me think of the Wittenburg Door. I wonder if they had something to do with it? (One of the great thrills of my early writing career was getting a piece published in the Door.) Read more

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I was wondering if you or your wife or your readers could steer me and my wife Mary Beth to some resource for discerning among homeschooling curricula. We haven’t homeschooled before, our fourth child is due in September, and my wife is very jittery about committing to this and feeling very overwhelmed. She’s afraid she might not be able to keep up with the prep work. We’d be schooling three kids between 11 and 7. Do you know of some... Read more