that’s Gresham, not Grisham: It’s called Jesus 101. Here is Scott Hahn’s recommendation and the publisher’s blurb Description: Christology is an expression of a deep love for Jesus Christ. Not only does Dr. Gresham demonstrate this in Jesus 101, he models it so we can follow him.” Dr. Scott Hahn, Professor of Theology and Scripture at Franciscan University of Steubenville People desiring an authoritative, yet understandable overview of Catholic teaching on the doctrinal and scriptural background of the human-divine person... Read more

hails our corrupt narco-state presidential “partner in war”, Karzai. Left struggles with buyer’s remorse. Read more

Islam: Not Ready for Civilization Yes, yes. I get that Israel has treat Palestinians execrably. Sorry. That doesn’t mean some plump suburban American Muslim get to relish the thought of genocide. Read more

A reader writes: I saw your post the other day about your OSV story on relics; however, not being an OSV subscriber, I couldn’t read it. Nonetheless, I wanted to share our story about a relic that I thought might interest you. In addition, it will bring you up to date on our eldest son and his travails. As you may recall, we had a hugely important meeting with the local school district back in January and the results of... Read more

These images were taken by a minion I recently strapped to the side of one of my experimental ICBMs for use in my upcoming efforts toward an efficient and compassionate World Administration. He… displeased me. I trust he had a brief and beautiful view. That is all. Read more

Outta here till Monday! If you happen to be headed to the Seattle U District for the Street Fair this weekend, please swing by Blessed Sacrament parish and buy stuff in our Troop 946 Boy Scout garage sale tomorrow! We’ll be in the Parish Hall starting at 9:00 AM. Hope to see you tomorrow! Read more

and other urban legends that sell beer and shampoo. Read more

There will be a blogger open house at the Goethe-Institut Washington this coming Monday May 17th from 7 to 9 pm. Come learn about the classes and events that Goethe offers. This is also a great opportunity to meet other DC-area bloggers. Check thou it out! Read more

More stomach-churning evidence that the day will dawn when our Chattering Classes, fresh from screaming at the Church for covering up pedophilia, will scream at her for condemning it. The Church’s leaders are capable of hypocrisy and sin because there is a real body of teaching for them to betray and sin against. Post-moderns solve the problem of sin by jettisoning principle. Relativism is the euthanasia of the soul. HT (I think): Kathy Shaidle. Read more

I mentioned the other day that American Pride is a virtue rather than a sin. Here’s what I mean. We are nurturing a population that is more ignorant than ever, but which *feels* really good about itself. We don’t mind being stupid, so long as we don’t feel stupid. In fact, if somebody makes use feel stupid in the effort to educate us out of being stupid, we bitterly resent it and have a bristling artillery of political correctness to... Read more