Saturday, January 31, 2009

St. Thomas Aquinas - It never ceases to amaze me....

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There are certain truths that once you realize them, you notice them everyday in our surroundings. There is the legend that St. Thomas ...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

survived the first round

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I just finished up my first semester as a Junior High Art teacher. No one was killed. It was an interesting ride for all concerned. On our l...

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I just finished up my first semester as a Junior High Art teacher. No one was killed. It was an interesting ride for all concerned. On our l...
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Weekend Thoughts

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Greetings All, There is so much in the news with Obama, recession, Gitmo, Terrorism, Automotive manufacturers, and politicians that I am ch...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Two Clerihews (that's a Lot)

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Lot's wife ended her life when she came to a halt and proved her salt. The daughters of Lot were hot-to-trot. After a few cups of wine ...
Monday, January 19, 2009

The media

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Here is an excellent example on how to use the media to get the message out. I hope this ad is picked up as a news item and discussed as a n...
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Friday, January 16, 2009

Friday thought..St. Francis

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I really have no idea if it is truth or legend that St. Francis said, "Prach always, use words when necessary." Chesterton's b...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

Another Snow Day

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Home again but it is much to cold to go out today. Warm, snugly and very domestic inside, as it should be. “The home is not the one tame pla...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Thoughts on a Snow Day

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In Kyro’s post, “Media related thoughts...” he states, “I’ve been thinking about how horrible the Churches and other advocates of traditiona...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

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A parents anthem
Saturday, January 10, 2009

Fr. Neuhaus RIP

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Fr. Richard John Neuhaus of First Things passed away this week, January 8. For those of us interested in literature, Christian writing, theo...
Friday, January 09, 2009

Book `em

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I laughed. Everyone at the table looked at me, puzzled. I told them to just wait a few minutes and they would understand. The occasion was a...
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Monday, January 05, 2009

Barra on GKC

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Allen Barra published a piece about GKC in the Wall Street Journal last week . When I edited Gilbert Magazine , Barra would occasionally wr...
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Saturday, January 03, 2009

Happy New Year

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Resolutions have become cliche', but in terms of my reading, I really want to get more into Belloc this year. His St. Joan of Arc is som...
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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Merry Christmas....

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Im not saying anything new here today, just pointing my finger towards some magnificent others... Here is Kevin O'Brien's Theater o...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Christmas poetry - from Frances Chesterton

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G. K. Chesterton is highly regarded as a poet, and is well-known as a lover of Christmas. His better half (okay, given their relative sizes,...
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Sunday, December 21, 2008

When you sing you pray twice

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It is still true that when the Christmas season begins I get “as giddy as a school boy”. My wife and I unpack and set up the decorations wit...
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Media related thoughts.........

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Chesterton spoke a great deal about media and publishing.....even though he was decades removed from "Big Media." Belloc's tho...
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Thursday, December 18, 2008

New Chesterton books/New Gilbert arrive

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I received two new Chesterton volumes - more of his newspaper pieces, and the second volume of his poems. The prophet certainly was not aver...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The prophet Chesterton – again

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Looking for a Christmas lesson for my youth group, about the reality of the Incarnation vs. the make believe holiday of commercialism, I ca...
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