Sixty-five years ago today, on 6 June 1944 at 06:30 am British Double Summer Time, Allied troops composed of American, Canadian, Free French, Norwegian, Polish, and United Kingdom soldiers and sailors began the landings associated with the Operation Neptune phase of Operation Overlord, the sea landings designed to free Europe from the Nazi scourge. We know […]
Archives for June 2009
On cultural blinders
My mammal friend, Father Orthohippo is beginning a series on cultural blinders that looks most promising. It starts to put a human face on this whole issue of culture and how we interpret the things we see, the things we experience. I would recommend you go over to his site and read it. Below is […]
Eastern Christian New Media Awards voting
Hey all, the Eastern Christian New Media Awards voting is taking place. This blog has been nominated in two categories. Please go to http://ecawards.blogspot.com/ and vote! I would certainly appreciate your votes. BTW, voting closes on June 8th, so don’t wait!
Translations and cultural leanings
It is well know in missiology that what makes translating the Bible so hard are a couple of factors. One is that the language to which one is translating the Bible may not even have a word to translate the word in Scripture. So, one is forced to use several words to express the concept, […]
President Obama’s speech in Cairo
Whether or not you agree with President Obama, it is important as citizens of the USA that we watch this speech and evaluate it. Some of us may fully support it. Some of us may be against various parts of it. Some of us may consider it a stunning breakthrough speech. Some of us may […]
The Verb made flesh
We all know that the New Testament was written mostly in Greek, with a little Aramaic. Hmm, well unless Matthew was originally written in Hebrew, as Pappas says, in which case the Matthew we have is a second version and a translation. However, that is not my point. Unless you are a Greek scholar, who […]
Late follow-up on penology
Well, I had thought I had left penology behind, but a recent incident in Florida leads me to take one last crack at what we have become as an American culture, and, sadly, as way too many Christians. The story of William Dillon is a nightmare of injustice. That is how the article begins in […]
Consistently pro-death?
Fr. Orthoduck found the comic above to be an interesting commentary on our culture. We argue that we are either pro-choice or pro-life. But, is the reality of our cultural situation that all of us are more pro-death than we ought to be? Please note how the editorial author took our attitudes and put them […]
On celibate priests
I have previously been asked several questions about celibate priests that need some answering in the light of yesterday’s post. Some of these are rather “rough” questions. 1. Don’t you believe that priests who wish to be celibate should have a psychological examination? Answer: Absolutely! I think anyone who wishes to be a priest, celibate […]
Cutie problems
I live in Florida, just three hours from Miami, and I am a Cuban. Which means that I get periodic updates from relatives in Miami on all the latest scandals. And, the latest scandal is an incredibly juicy one. The Rev. Father Alberto Cutie, a Roman Catholic priest, is blue-eyed, handsome, and a national Spanish-language television host. He is an […]
