January 14, 2009

Some Thoughts What One Reader Calls the “Way of Benedict” My latest for Inside Catholic. Read more

January 14, 2009

Why Not You? Or, “If you are going to worship a guy who was crucified, don’t expect life to be beer and skittles.” Cold comfort, but I, for one, somehow find it consoling. Suffering doesn’t mean God has abandoned you. It means he respects you as much as he respects Christ, so cowboy up! That’s not a word of consolation everybody needs to hear. Some souls might find it very painful or even callous. But on the other hand, it... Read more

January 14, 2009

Hey Western Washington! Mark Your Calendars for Tomorrow Night! Dear Friends of the Seattle G. K. Chesterton Society, The Board of Directors of the Chesterton Society hope you have had a blessed holyday, and we cordially invite you to our first lecture of 2009, Thursday evening, January 15, at 7:30 PM, in Conference room 109, Otto Miller Hall, on the campus of Seattle Pacific University. “A Fundamentally Religious Work”: The Theology of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings“ Dr. Robin... Read more

January 14, 2009

Why Serious Catholics and Other Open to Life Will Bury Radical Feminism in the Ash Heap of Demographic History Pure crazy. Read more

January 14, 2009

Speaking of Dawn… She writes: I’m making plans with Father Phil Bloom to visit Seattle again over the summer. Will let you know the details when they transpire; would love to catch up with you and your family again. Sounds fun! I’ll take you to the places we didn’t get to see last time, though after the pilgrimage to Starbuck’s Prime there in Pike Place, everything is bound to be a let down. Speaking of Father Bloom, last Sunday my... Read more

January 14, 2009

Good News from Israel! Dawn Eden is going to be an aunt! Mazeltov and prayers for bambino/a! Read more

January 14, 2009

Couple Adopts Eight Siblings Another example of the hidden grace that utterly permeates the world and goes almost unnoticed by the so-called news media in its quest to shock, titillate and sell beer and shampoo. For every story like this, there 50 gazillion Brangelina and Jen or Culture of Death tales. But this sort of thing is really what’s normal: quiet people doing good things and operating totally under the radar. That’s where God is typically hiding. AS kingfishers catch... Read more

January 14, 2009

Student Auctions off Virginity for 3.7 million bucks Young slave of soulless post-Christian capitalist culture chirps: “I know that a lot of people will condemn me for this because it’s so taboo but I really don’t have a problem with that. “My study is completely authentic in that I truly am auctioning my virginity but I am not being sold into this. I’m not being taken advantage of in any way. The perfect slave is the one who is so... Read more

January 14, 2009

Unpopular Opinions On Christmas night we were present in spirit at Bethlehem and were alas forced to note that the Holy Land, where the Redeemer was born, is still, through man’s fault, a land of fire and blood. No one can remain indifferent to the injustice of which the Palestinian people have been victims for more than fifty years. No one can contest the right of the Israeli people to live in security. But neither can anyone forget the innocent... Read more

January 13, 2009

Reader Cantorboy asks for prayer …for his teeny tiny grandson Jack, who is a preemie and who needs his lung to develop so he can get off the respirator. Prayer Warriors! Get in there and start slugging! Father, hear our prayer for Jack, grant strength and life to his body, soul, and spirit and cause his lungs to develop as they should. Grant skill to his doctors and caregivers and peace and strength to his family. We ask this through... Read more


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