Here’s today’s condensed grab bag, concurrently Tweeted and Facebooked:
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Category: History
New York Redefines Marriage
New York has redefined the public institution of marriage. No blog by an amateur can do justice to this momentous event, but I must add my voice, constrained by time, to share some of the perspective that has come especially over the past 15 years. Continue reading “New York Redefines Marriage”
The Gospel in HOW many words?!
Will Campbell, formerly a hero of mine (I’ve not kept up with him), was taunted by a skeptical friend to summarize his “simple Gospel” in ten words or less. Continue reading “The Gospel in HOW many words?!”
Orthopathos, poppers and consumerism
Any church whose worship experience can be replicated with poppers is in trouble. Continue reading “Orthopathos, poppers and consumerism”
Separated at Birth?
Is it just me, or does über-creepy Julian Assange of Wikileaks look a heckuva lot like John Hurt playing creepy Caligula in the BBC/PBS series I, Claudius? Judge for yourself: Continue reading “Separated at Birth?”
Joe Sobran on War
As I rummaged through my trove of Joe Sobran clippings, I found a lot of gems unrelated to the privacy motif I’ve already discussed. Especially notable is his stance on our middle-eastern policy, in the face of the insults of those who could not refute him.
In chronological order, beginning on 9-11 Continue reading “Joe Sobran on War”
Blasts from Left and Right
Pat Buchanan writes a well-earned “we told you so” regarding our invasion of Iraq, including allegations of something worse than mistake: “We were misled. We were deceived. We were lied to.” Continue reading “Blasts from Left and Right”
The “Ground Zero [Whatever]” and Fred Korematsu
I’m not impressed with the quality of the “debate” (i.e., battling brain-dead monologues) over the Islamic Center near the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan. Continue reading “The “Ground Zero [Whatever]” and Fred Korematsu”
Plus ça change …*
Published in The Tablet (English, I think), Jan. 3, 1914, this reflection provocatively notes that all the bad things socialists are said to favor have been visited upon us by non-socialists. Continue reading “Plus ça change …*”
The Holy Spirit made me do it
Fr. Siarhei Hardum greets the Presbyterians, and asks whether the Holy Spirit that motivates some Protestants to create a new pseudo-Christian paganism is the same Holy Spirit that tells the Orthodox to contend for “the faith once delivered to the saints”?
Bold words.
HT Lindsey Nelson.
