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

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

"There He Goes Again...."

There are times I just really wish the non-specialists would stay out of this discussion : Anybody who is a convinced but not a dogmatic...

Friday, December 28, 2012

Josh Marshall worries that someone somewhere has put a list of gun owners on the web, and then he mentions this which only proves he rea...

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Christmastide 2012

There is nothing I can give you, which you have not; But there is much, very much, that while I cannot give it, you can take. No heaven...

More Christmas Music!

Putting the "X" back in "Xmas"

Or: Have trod, have trod, have trod.... Alright, since somebody started this , let's try the history lesson one more time. Amer...

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Masters in this hall

Masters in this hall, hear ye news today. Brought from over the sea and ever I you pray. Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell sing we clear! ...

Monday, December 24, 2012

Christmas Eve 2012-Midnight

Hodie Christus natus est.

Friday, December 21, 2012

O come, O come Emmanuel....

Windhorse says: I firmly believe we are watching the decline of a great nation because a significant part of its citizenry - and I don...

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Christmas in Texas

The Texas Legislature, in its infinite wisdom, cut $5.4 billion from funding for public schools in 2011. This action prompted 600 Texa...

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

"To his grim idol"

I have family members who, many decades gone now, came home to find a large boulder in their living room; and a boulder-sized hole in the ...

"Clap Your Hands for Herod"

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS — Texas Gov. Rick Perry indicated Monday that he supported allowing teachers and administrators to carry conceale...

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

"But at the coming of the King of Heaven...."

When the basiliea tou theou comes, it will not come by force, or politics; but neither will it come by force. It will come by change; by...

Advent--December 18

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found w...

Monday, December 17, 2012

Taking the issue Head On

I freely admit to being driven a bit obsessive by this topic, but honestly, who are these people? The practical consequence of living ...

Advent--Dec. 17

Music here. O Wisdom, O holy word of God, you govern all creation with your strong yet tender care Come and show your people the way...

Louie Gohmert is a f*cking idiot

On February 24, 2005 David Hernandez Arroyo Sr. opened fire on his ex-wife and son in front of the Smith County Courthouse in Tyler, Tex...

Sunday, December 16, 2012

A Truly Modest Proposal

In the wake of Friday's mass killing at an elementary school in Connecticut, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Sunday that she pl...

Saturday, December 15, 2012

News as Gossip: A diatribe

When I went to bed last night, we knew this much about the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut: the shooter's name was Ryan Lanza; his m...

Advent-December 15

See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. You ...

Friday, December 14, 2012

Too early to talk about

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my p...

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