Dear Friends of the Seattle G. K. Chesterton Society, We cordially invite you to our final lecture of this season, Thursday, May 13, at 7:30 pm in Conference Room 109, Otto Miller Hall on the campus of Seattle Pacific University. Otto Miller Hall is directly across Third Avenue West from the Royal Brougham Pavilion (see the campus map). We are pleased to present the following lecture: Communicating the Gospel Today: Some Thoughts Along the WayDr. Tom CurranRadio host, Sound Insight... Read more

In which we continue looking at the corporal works of mercy. Read more

In which we continue looking at the corporal works of mercy. Read more

I was fortunate enough to hear you speak at Theology on Tap in Sydney a little while back and I do recall you tackling some of the issues around the history of Christianity and unfair criticism of it by even other Christians. Here’s an article that appeared, quite tragically I think, on an Australian Catholic News website. The original was in the Huffington Post it seems. I’m not at all qualified or well read enough to be able to post... Read more

I was fortunate enough to hear you speak at Theology on Tap in Sydney a little while back and I do recall you tackling some of the issues around the history of Christianity and unfair criticism of it by even other Christians. Here’s an article that appeared, quite tragically I think, on an Australian Catholic News website. The original was in the Huffington Post it seems. I’m not at all qualified or well read enough to be able to post... Read more

was “Jones’ Fantastic Museum“. Started by a local entrepeneur named Walter “Doc” Jones it was a tribute to the 19th Century carnival/house of horrors/amazing gizmos genre of entertainment. It was located right down the road from where I lived and our family would periodically go there. It had everything: wonderful toys and weird exhibits and Olaf the Giant. Here is Doc Jones spiel along with a montage of photos from the place. Eventually, the place moved to the basement of... Read more

Fr. Phillip Powell, OP, writes: May I beg a small favor? Liguori Publications has just released my latest prayer book, Treasures Holy & Mystical: A Devotional Journey for Today’s Catholics. The book is a collection of original and adapted litanies, novenas, occasional prayers, and a new text for praying the rosary based on the Beatitudes. I would appreciate a mention on your blog. . .I know your mewling minions will rush out and purchase a copy if you crack your... Read more

pastors at the Community Church of God could marry! Free registration required. This guy is not usefully Catholic so his victims do not merit above-the-fold coverage. Only Catholic victims matter. Read more

…trying to derive a Transcendant Ought from a materialist Is. A reader sums up the silliness of the chinpuller at HuffPo who think Harris is being deep: “But the consequences of moral relativism have been disastrous.” Something that, in one of the weirdest ironies I’ve read in a while, most traditional religions have long since been arguing. Wow. Sometimes it all makes my head spin. Now, of course, the scramble to the top of who gets to say their morality... Read more

…trying to derive a Transcendant Ought from a materialist Is. A reader sums up the silliness of the chinpuller at HuffPo who think Harris is being deep: “But the consequences of moral relativism have been disastrous.” Something that, in one of the weirdest ironies I’ve read in a while, most traditional religions have long since been arguing. Wow. Sometimes it all makes my head spin. Now, of course, the scramble to the top of who gets to say their morality... Read more