Just to be clear, when someone posits in a work of fiction that Christ had a family, it spins off a mega-million dollar global discussion. When someone rediscovers an ancient work of Gnostic literature, National Geographic makes sure to do a big presentation of this “new gospel” in time for Easter.
But when archaeologists uncover fortifications […]

This was the quote today in “Daily Lives **” and I thought it was pretty appropriate as we get a little further into Lent:
Nothing done in humility for the sake of God is bad. But things and pursuits differ. Everything not strictly necessary is a hindrance to salvation — everything, that is to say, that […]

Last point about Avatar I wanted to make: Movie-makers have had a lot of fun blurring the lines between the real world and artificial worlds. Only recently have they been doing the same thing with real and artificial selves. And I think there’s a reason for that. Only in the age of online communities and […]

Saw “Avatar” two weeks ago, and some observations about it stay with me  — some things it was trying to say, some things it did say, and the differential between the two.
(Two quick caveats: 1 - This will include spoilers. 2 - I’m not sure it will make sense if you haven’t seen the movie.) […]

Via the Orthodox convert list (*), a Gallup poll that studied how much people in different states attend church regularly — HERE. Mississippi was at the top with 63% weekly church-goers; Vermont at the bottom with 23%.
Not a lot of surprises there. Just as you might think, southerners went to church the most, except for […]

I’m very sleepy as I write this. A sudden snowstorm and temperature drop has absolutely forced me (oh darn!) to hole up in the den and turn the space-heater up to 90. The realization that this is the last day to have any dairy products before Lent meant I filled up on some fine cheesy […]

I just found out that Fr. Jack Sparks passed away on Monday. What a loss for us all! He was such a merry soul. He had this way of making the sign of the cross on your forehead and then giving it a little smack to make it sink it. It worked. (except in my […]

I just added a short quote by Frederica Mathewes-Green to the rotating list of quotes that show up at right, and it reminded me of one of the most basic things about Christians that I think non-Christians get wrong. Or at least, I hope they do.

In “The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes […]