Hurray for me- I’m being smart this time and actually starting a draft for this earlier so I can be on time. The graphic to the right is a link so be sure to visit the other Quick Takes participants’ pages through the link list at Jen’s Conversion Diary host page.
Most probably we are in Eden still. It is only our eyes that have changed. Continue reading
Just a quick post because I just read Zenit (Catholic world news update email thingie) and it had what I consider astonishing news. Christ wants us to be one. Although every schism is heartbreaking, to me in some ways the most tragic one is the split between Catholic and Orthodox. Continue reading
So, I’m back… mostly? Kind of? Calling in from another place? If you see an update on this later, chances are I’m just adding in a link to Jen’s.. because even if she does it in the middle of the night, I’m still 9 hours ahead of her now… oh my… I wonder if that makes me the farthest quick-taker? Let’s compare… I’m in Moscow now… Continue reading
There is no escaping the fact that Kennedy’s flaws and particularly his public political support for abortion have given scandal and also have harmed the Church through tacit encouragement of the view that one can be a Catholic in good standing and support morally objectionable causes that have been expressly prohibited by the Vatican. But there is also no escaping God, whose standard shows all of us that our “good standing” leaves quite a lot to be desired. Continue reading
Quick Takes makes a comeback at Hobbit-Sense! Amazing. Continue reading
There is a concept articulated very clearly in Catholic teaching that goes something like this: “Love the sinner, abhor the sin.” There may well be other traditions that have this idea, but it seems to get discarded really quickly these days, by Christians of all stripes, including Catholics. And it usually comes from misguided understanding of love. Continue reading
(A brief note that this is in no way a criticism of actual vegetarians.)
I’ve been mulling over this idea for a while but it was only in a conversation with Plush Appendix over the weekend that I put a name to it. I call it vegetarianism of faith not because of an abstenance borne of good will. Rather, this is the choice to avoid the “meatier” elements of faith, because… Continue reading
Those who know me personally know that my emails have a rotating signature feature, by which things that I add to the list are randomly selected to be my signature. Normal-thinking people would use one signature or choose between a few with different contact information and leave it at that. I, however, have over a hundred quotes that I like, be they funny, interesting, smart or inspirational. So I thought that might be a good base for getting back into bloggerdom, to post one and a few brief thoughts about it every now and then, as a series called “Sage Sayings.” Continue reading
Apologies to all for my “hiatus.” I have not been sick all this time (thankfully). Have however been rather busy at work, and felt very much a dry spell in terms of writing this. I didn’t have any good excluse like Jen F. who runs these who actually never missed one even though between two of them she had a baby (congratulations, Jen!). I do want this blog to work, so I hope to emulate her in the breadth of content and actually posting regularly. Cheers, Jen. Continue reading
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