One paragraph in the latest issue of Wired makes me think that maybe they have found a little bit of honest self-doubt. But we’re talking a very little bit. Still, it’s a start.

I’m an occasional reader of Wired magazine, but when I do read it, I usually get disgusted and have to stop. All they’re […]

I sometimes wish that the Orthodox Church wasn’t against cremation. Then again …
Last fall, attendants watching the security monitors at Disneyland noticed a woman dumping a powdery substance from a boat going through the darkened “Pirates of the Caribbean” cavern. When the attendants confronted her, she told them it was only baby powder, but it […]

Erin Manning is filling in on Rod Dreher’s Crunchy Con blog, and she has some very good answers to those who argue for gay marriage. She also brings up the fact that in terms of the long-term affects of this, no one has answers. But then those who are in favor of homosexual marriage are […]

Two thoughts from a reading in “My Life in Christ.” There are probably many more than two thoughts to be had, but two may be all I have time for. Which is sort of the point, eventually.
Unfortunate is he who immoderately loves the comforts of life, and has surrounded himself with all possible comforts. […]

“The vain desires of this world separate us from our homeland.”
– St. Herman of Alaska 

You know, it’s not always the readings of 3rd- and 4th-century saints’ lives and martyrdoms that stir my stony heart. Consider today’s reading from “Daily Lives” about Archbishop Andronicus of Perm, martyred under communism:
During the communist takeover of Russia, Andronicus publicly criticized both the separation of Church and state and the communist doctrine. When he […]

“It is foolish to think that wealth or abundance — or even moderate means — would be advantageous or possibly reassuring. The rich worry even more than the poor and the impoverished.”
– St. Ambrose of Optina

You get to hear part of this sentiment from many sources, including non-religious ones. Saying that rich people have no […]