Tim J at Old World Swine writes: No disaster, but I have been wearing out St. Christopher’s phone line the last few days, praying over various car and travel related problems. I could use all the prayers I can get, so I’m sending out the call. I have one car that has been repaired (thanks be to God!), but another that is balanced on a knife-edge between being fixable and being a heap of worthless, inert metal. Our family needs... Read more

cuz I’d really like to see some serious changes in the health care system so that my family could, you know, not face a choice between treatment and bankruptcy should something mildly serious occur. But at the same time, I can’t escape the sensation that the Dems are totally blowing smoke when it comes to the whole “Who? Us? Fund Abortion?” schtick on the one hand and the whole “Hey! Just because we Progressives are Four Square Behind Killing Granny... Read more

An interesting article about our addiction to electricity. Brought to you by my computer and Snohomish County Public Utility District. Read more

the answer is “Yes. The fight against abortion is spiritual warfare and not mere politics: Mere political or social weapons will not break this stronghold. Happily, St. Paul has good news: For though we live in the world we are not carrying on a worldly war, for the weapons of our warfare are not worldly but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 2 Cor 10:3-4 Read more

Today, I bid all my followers to examine John Hodgman’s blog and report back with your findings. Extra credit goes to those who read the Areas of My Expertise series. That is all. Read more

I have but to utter the merest whim of a wish and thousands post over land and sea, speeding to fulfill it as the iron law of their existence. Case in point: the shiny new Julie Andrews Inspired Mark Shea Evilness Diagnostic Generator! Courtesy of the awesome James Preece of Hull, England. Fun fact, it was from Hull that Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe set out on his ill-fated voyage. But don’t let that deter you from focusing on the main... Read more

The last in the series on Baptism for the Register! Next up: Confirmation! Read more

I’m usually puzzled when people react to something I say as though it were inconsistent with the rest of what I say. Yes, it’s true that on some things (typically aesthetic things) I’m not always consistent. So, for instance, I like the Beatles, but not John Lennon’s solo work. I like chocolate, and steak. But not chocolate steak. I have no great sympathy for Bruce Cockburn’s politics, but I like his music. I have no sympathy at all for Gene... Read more

I go away for the weekend and return to find this delightful exchange in my combox. Somebody offers the latest diagnosis of my pure evilness with this insightful analysis: Shea We all knew befor the election in which you helped get this baby killer elected you were a closet liberal who actually hates Catholicism, hates tradition, and I guess because the market was closed for you in the Protestant book stores decided to sell yourself off as a “Conservative Catholic”... Read more

Geeky atheists included. Part of the bluff of being a New Atheist is the constant refrain that *you* are a bold and independent thinker who doesn’t need affirmation from the herd. *You* think for yourself! *You* are gutsy and courageous and without the need of some weak-minded peer group who stands in a circle around you and all nod their heads and agree with each other. And to prove it: You pore over old press clippings in the hope that... Read more