My wife knows my interests. She sent me this little clip this morning and I just had to share it with you. Suppose you were given the opportunity to help test the atmosphere for radiation drifting our way from the melted down nuclear reactor in Fukushima, Japan. Suppose you mounted some cameras on that balloon. What would you see?This is what Colin Rich came up with. Check out the video as he builds and launches the Pacific Star 3. Talk... Read more
H/T to Our Sunday Visitor for catching this ground ball and throwing it to me on second base. I first learned of Florida Marlins manager Jack MeKeon’s piety while watching the video Champions of Faith with my children a few years back. Long time readers of YIMCatholic know I’m a baseball fan. So I was glad to see this story highlighting Jack’s faith in the New York Times this morning. Take a look. Jack McKeon’s baseball days begin in a... Read more
Our Eastern brethren have been observing the Dormition Fast since the first of August. It continues until August 15th this year and concludes on the Feast of the Dormition, which Western Catholics celebrate as the Feast of the Assumption. In honor of this tradition, I will be sharing some of our Marian posts. This one is from October of last year… Edward Caswall was another Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism in the mid 1800’s. He also joined the Oratory of... Read more
Heavy Metal?! That’s right. And it all belongs to the LORD. For you see, a very talented reader writes, Hey Frank, I saw your post about Dave Nantais’ book; it has great insights about the intersection of rock music and Christianity. Dave is a close friend of mine (we met after he answered my craigslist ad looking for a drummer) Anyway, you might enjoy checking out music by my band Theandric. We try to integrate heavy metal/hard rock with aspects... Read more
My friend John C.H. Wu was a highly regarded jurist and professor of law. He had a close friendship with Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the U.S. Supreme Court. It turns out that one of the reasons he converted to the Catholic Faith was that the Church embraces what is know as the Natural Law. The same goes for his friend Dom Lou Tseng-Tsiang. So in the interest of learning what exactly this means for regular folks, without enduring a... Read more
Goes by the name of Prince. Oh you’ve heard of him, you just forgot how good a guitarist he is. This guy is a genius. Don’t believe me? That’s ok. Do you think he is still a pretender prancing around in frilly outfits? Let me tell you, and this is just my humble opinion, Michael Jackson is the pretender next to this guy. Have a look at these four selections for the proof. (more…) Read more
Floored. And pleasantly surprised. That what I was when I read the latest editorial by Nicolas Kristof in the New York Times. His Tweet was as follows, Many evangelicals do great work, and it’s reverse intolerance to mock their faith. Have a look at the article: Centuries ago, serious religious study was extraordinarily demanding and rigorous; in contrast, anyone could declare himself a scientist and go in the business of, say, alchemy. These days, it’s the reverse. A Ph.D. in... Read more
There are neat people everywhere. Yes, you have them in your parish too. And they are outside your parish as well, waiting for you to invite them to join the family. Or to expand your own family, like one of my fellow parishioners has done. If one listens closely enough, His voice can be heard. It can happen at anytime and can be for any number of reasons. For Larry Strauser and his wife of 18 years, Beverly, that time... Read more
Photo credit: Sameli Go ahead…I dare you not to crack a smile at these. Push all liquids away from your keyboard, swallow any food you have in your mouth, and don’t forget to breathe. I’m probably the last person to have seen them. Go see more here. Happy Friday! Read more
It’s the Feast of St. Martha, you know, “the Dragonslayer” today. Yes, you read that right. Father Steve of Word on Fire has a few words about that and they prompted me to dust this off and bring it to the top today. Enjoy! I ate at a McDonald’s in Avignon once. I like to see how Mickey D’s adapts to local tastes abroad. My wife and I also walked around the streets briefly too, before we had to get... Read more
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