Something I read in an essay in “God and Man” by Fr. Anthony Bloom brought together thoughts of the season and reflections about the Ark of the Covenant. That’s a pretty long journey to take in a couple short paragraphs, but I’m glad I came across it, because it helps me tie up some loose […]

Well, that’s what I get for being too busy to be out in the blogosphere. There are interesting tidbits everywhere. Some quick points you might find worth a mouse-click:

Stem cells don’t have to come from embryos — Thanks be to God! It may be that a scientific breakthrough will make the bitter debate over the […]

I’m hoping that all God’s children have gotten the word by now, whether by e-mail or blog posts like Fr. Joseph’s (HERE) or articles like this one, but since so many people see movies over the Thanksgiving holidays, it’s worth a repeat: Don’t go to see the movie in theaters now called “The Golden Compass.” […]

I felt like I should be able to find something suitable for Thanksgiving in “My Life in Christ.” I thought I had it in one try, but then I realized that the first thought may be a little too penitential for a holiday that, if not purely Christian, is at any rate relatively wholesome. So […]

Reading about one of the saints of the day — Monk Philip of Rabangsk (and no, that’s not a typo. It really is ‘Rabangsk’) — I saw the following lines:
Philip was said to be extremely strict with himself and lenient towards the faults of others. He died peacefully…
I know that saying that a saint died […]

Isn’t the first rule of labor leveraging that if going out on strike would only make people notice how little they need you, you don’t want to go out on strike? I’m wondering if anyone told the television writers that.

The writers’ strike has been going on for a week now. No, make that a couple […]

Sorry about the lack of blogginess. I’ve been kind of busy, but also just going through one of those times when I sort of wonder if I need to keep blogging. In the end, I decided that I should ( — obviously — ), but it makes me remember a recent article that indicated that […]