Adventus

"I would like to say 'This book is written to the glory of God', but nowadays this would be the trick of a cheat, i.e., it would not be correctly understood."--Ludwig Wittgenstein

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."--Soren Kierkegaard

Sunday, January 21, 2007

"But strive for the greater gifts"

I was struck by the epistle reading for this Sunday: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a 12:12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all...

Clouds of Witness

Got into an interesting argument over who owns a building in The Episcopal Church, over at Fr. Jake's place . The assertion was made th...

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Texas, our Texas

Just to prove I'm a local boy, too : Hours after Texas Gov. Rick Perry kicked off his second full term in office, Ted Nugent helped him ...

Just to pretend to be current

and to keep up the new trend of starting my post titles with "Just".... AG Gonzales, currently testifying before the Senate Judici...

Just War or a "Just War"?

I'm really not a nice person; not when it comes to the subject of violence. I actually grew up in a culture of violence (well, America; ...

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

The seductive lure of the big idea

Yes, I'm on my hobby-horse, and I'm not inclined to get off anytime soon. I'm determined to ride until I know the winner. It see...

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers"

Shakespeare's recipe for tyranny. So what is this? Former Arkansas USA Bud Cummins told the Wall Street Journal that "a top Justice...

Monday, January 15, 2007

Martin Luther King Day--2007

I have archives, and I'm not afraid to use them . Today, of all days, we should remember King was vilified for his anti-war speech at Ri...

"Reject the easy way of apathy...choose the hard course of action"

Start with the Gospel reading for this morning, the first "sign" or semeia, from John: 1And the third day there was a marriage in...

Saturday, January 13, 2007

Something in the air....

First, note that the "opposition" is emboldened enough to state the obvious : This is the first specifically positive development ...

You can't make this stuff up

The catalog entry for a book due out in May from a major publisher: There is a tremendous thirst today for finding the hidden truths of Chri...

Friday, January 12, 2007

What's the Big Idea?

One of the handiest ways to avoid responsibility for your actions is to blame other people. The corollary to this is that you have to depend...

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Another Day which will live in Infamy

Today is International Shut Down Gitmo Day . It is the fifth anniversary of the arrival of the first "detainees" to the camp. The...

A Question about the Emperor's New Clothes

The story making the rounds is that more troops will solve the problem in Baghdad, and by extension, if we solve the problem in Baghdad, we ...

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Let's be clear about one thing:

This " surge " is to secure Baghdad . Not to "win the war" (what war? Who are we at war with?). Not to pacify the countr...

"Religion is responsibility...."

So, it's a good thing this war is not a religious issue, huh ? The displacement of Iraqis from Iraq is now the fastest-growing refugee c...

Slip slidin' away

Parse this carefully, and our military are the monsters: The number of Guantanamo Bay detainees participating in a hunger strike has more th...

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

WWPD--Part II

Ed Note: I may be pushing this out of the nest prematurely, but time to see if it can fly. In England, what passes for "Megachurches...

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