Now Reading
Planned books:
- Because God Is Real: Sixteen Questions, One Answer by Peter Kreeft
- Catholics and the New Age: How Good People Are Being Drawn into Jungian Psychology, the Enneagram, a by Mitch Pacwa
- The Shadow of His Wings: The True Story of Fr. Gereon Goldmann, OFM by Gereon Karl Goldmann, Gereron Goldmann
- The Catholic Family Handbook: Time-Tested Techniques to Help You Strengthen Your Marriage and Raise by Lawrence G. Lovasik
- Sharing the Faith With Your Child: From Birth to Age 6 by Chandler
Current books:
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Recent books:
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Author Archive
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missionary work: changing attitudes
Posted on July 2, 2010 | No CommentsPage W9 of the 7/2 WSJ speaks about a shift from spreading Christ’s word to an emphasis on living it. In 1910, the World Missionary Conference (of Protestant groups) held that the primary role of missionaries was to preach the gospel, build churches, etc. The... -
The Whey to go?
Posted on June 2, 2010 | No CommentsDid you know that whey, the by-product of making cheese, is a serious problem for the environment? 30% of milk volume becomes cheese, the rest is whey! Cheese makers try to add it to cow food, feed it to other animals, anything to get rid... -
Attacks on the Church: An Anti-Catholic Agenda?
Posted on May 5, 2010 | No CommentsFrom the New York Times, Letters to the Editor column, May 4, 2010: “As a Catholic, I am appalled at the now-daily assaults by the liberal media against the church. “There is no question that certain Catholic clergymen abused children and that certain members of... -
Islam, Christianity & Africa
Posted on April 26, 2010 | No CommentsThe World Religion Data Base 2010 reports that 59% of sub-Saharan residents are Christian, only 35% Muslim, the remainder being traditional African religions, atheists, etc. That surprised me. The Pew Research Centre interviewed 25,000 (!) sub-Saharans and found a high degree of mutual respect based... -
I/m Baaaack!
Posted on April 1, 2010 | 1 CommentMea culpa, mea culpa, using such excuses as frolicking in South Carolina (well, visiting), fascination with the health care melodrama, March Madness, skiing & other distractions ( e.g., taxes!), I’ve been remiss in my blog homework! So here’s some food for thought”, gratis the 3/13... -
Discussion with an atheist and an agnostic
Posted on February 19, 2010 | 1 CommentLast week I had an interesting dialogue with a friend who claims to be an atheist and her son who felt the term agnostic was better, because you really can’t prove beyond doubt whether there is or is not a God; ultimately you believe or... -
Seen and not heard in church
Posted on January 28, 2010 | 1 CommentPage W13, 12/4/09, of the WSJ (yes, I’m behind in my reading!) speaks of the dilemma of young & sometime noisy children in church. A young mom says.. ..”how can we baptize children, welcoming them to the body of Christ, and then say ‘until you’re... -
Religion in decline; not so?
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 1 CommentIn keeping with my plagiarizing others’ works, the National Opinion Research Center at the U. of Chicago has released a global religious trend study, per the WSJ (sorry, didn’t keep the reference date–my wood stove ate that part). IF they are being–ahem–truthful with noses unexpanded,... -
The Economist magazine
Posted on January 15, 2010 | 1 CommentI like the Economist. Not interested in all that business & econometrics stuff? So how about philosophy, world affairs. Religion even! Delightful article in the 1/19-01/2010 issue, “Why is the world so impoverished?”. The author reviews the 1871 (!) boook, “The Tragedy of Man”. It... -
God vs. Science, WSJ, 10/13/09, p a17
Posted on January 5, 2010 | 1 CommentInteresting article about scientism’s view that “outspoken religious commitment is a sign of mild dementia”, and that our thought is no more than advanced chemical processes.
