Why I Am Catholic
Time to update your links, blog rolls, RSS feeds, etc., etc. The good ship YIMCatholic has moved. Come and see! Read more
Time to update your links, blog rolls, RSS feeds, etc., etc. The good ship YIMCatholic has moved. Come and see! Read more
All hands, we have arrived at Patheos a little broken, but unbowed. Heavier than expected weather has knocked away a few spars and we will need to make repairs before heading out to deep water. This will also bring the opportunity to scrap the barnacles from our keel, pump out the bilge, repaint, etc. (more…) Read more
To the crew and followers of the good ship YIMCatholic, As you know, the packet Diligence just delivered a fresh batch of letters to us. Included among them, along with a pair of warm stockings I received from my wife, was this order from the Lords of the Admiralty. Take a look:Upon receipt of these orders you are hereby requested and required to proceed directly, with utmost dispatch, to the port of Patheos. Upon arriving to your new home port,... Read more
Steve Jobs on having children: “It’s 10,000 times better than anything I’ve ever done.” On having his biography commissioned: “I wanted my kids to know me. I wasn’t always there for them, and I wanted them to know why and to understand what I did.” Read the rest here. Image credit: Reuters/Daniel Munoz Read more
—Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary When I was a kid, I really enjoyed reading history. Usually, I wasn’t reading the history that I was supposed to be reading in the classroom. I really didn’t do that well in school until I served two hitches in the Marines and then decided to get out and go to college. Grade school and high school? Homework, schmomework! When Christmas loomed in our house though, my mom knew what I was... Read more
Rihanna showing too much skin? So says an Irish farmer. Around his neck of the woods he’s known as “the Christian.” Rihanna & Co. wanted to shoot a music video on his property, and he agreed until he saw how scantily clad she was. Here’s the scoop, A Christian farmer in Northern Ireland who allowed pop star Rihanna to film a music video in his wheat field, asked her to leave when he saw she was half naked. Farmer Alan... Read more
Heh. Before you get your dander up, turn red in the face trying to scare me with the facts of the imminent demise of all that is right and true about the American Way, I’ve got one word for Corporate America: quitcherbellyachin’. And Wall Street firms: Don’t even think about lowering executive compensation or bonuses. That’s unconscionable. Instead, lay off the cannon fodder, make the remaining folks count paper clips, drink smaller cups of coffee, and stop using their company... Read more
Just heard the news and said a prayer for his soul, and for his family who will grieve his passing. He fought illness for a long time, yet never turned inward with his visionary gifts. Back in the summer, I happened upon this video of the commencement speech he gave at Stanford University. Take a look, His purchase, and further investment in, PIXAR brought us Toy Story and all the rest of the award winning animated feature-length films the company... Read more
It’s the feast of St. Francis of Assisi today, in case you didn’t notice. True story: My grandfather was a Catholic and his name was Francis too, and he was named after the fellow you’ll be reading about below. As it happens, that is also how I came to be named, but the Catholic connotation of that Christian name lay dormant for some great length time. My grandfather died, see, when I was a wee tot and my memories of... Read more
Ian Higgins writes about the progress being made on completing the film All That Remains, (thanks to the generosity of readers like you). Flights are now booked for Nagasaki! We’ll be flying out on November 22nd and arrive on the 23rd. In the meantime we’ve got plenty to organise as it’s going to be pretty full on when we get there with all the interviews and location shots we want to get. Meanwhile, we’ll be releasing the trailer for the animated... Read more
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