April: Over & Out, Etc …

The Ten Commandments
by Anonymous

I. -Have thou no other gods but me,

II. -And to no image bow thy knee.

III. -Take not the name of God in vain:

IV. -The sabbath day do not profane.

V. -Honour thy father and mother too;

VI. -And see that thou no murder do.

VII. -Abstain from words and deeds unclean;

VIII. -Nor steal, though thou art poor and mean.

IX. -Bear not false witness, shun that blot;

X. -What is thy neighbor’s covet not.

-These laws, O Lord, write in my heart, that I,
-May in thy faithful service live and die.

Taken from the April 29th Writer’s Almanac.

New Book / Review:

CHRISTIAN FAITH AND SAME-SEX ATTRACTION

Esolen on Knowing One’s Place:

“Now here is a question: how many ills of our day stem simply from an abandonment of one’s place, or from a refusal to acknowledge that one must occupy any place at all — unless it is a place entirely of one’s own choosing, with everyone casting himself as Supreme Architect? How many English teachers will not condescend simply to teach English? How many scientists will not stick to science? How many husbands abandon their posts as husbands? How many wives in America these days will even concede that there is such a thing as a place for a wife, let alone that they should not abandon it? How many of the laity hold their ministers in bondage? How many priests find preaching the word too onerous? How many of us scorn the ordinary, and with it — though we don’t want to admit it — the Ordainer who made us for its duties and its rewards?”

The whole thing.

TM on the TK …

“I hear rumors about people called Web Elves. Or perhaps it is only one person or being who does not sleep. This is a mystery. But one thing is for sure. All over the world there are reporters who look to CaNN as the quickest and most up-to-date guide to the wacky world of online Anglican URLs. It is hard to remember what the Anglican Communion was like before Binky. The odds are good that he will outlive it.”

– Professor Terry Mattingly, journalist, Get Religion Editor

Oh, and tmatt can even ADD!

“The basic idea is becoming familiar. Rising numbers of Europeans are making lifestyle choices that are resulting in the decline of the old cultures on the Continent. In other words, they are not conceiving many children or allowing many of the ones that are conceived to be born. Meanwhile, Muslim families are moving into Europe and growing. Do the math.”

What?