On the right is another book of Christian speculative science fiction. It is an anthology that tackles the implications of various “taken-for-granted” science fiction conventions as seen through Christian eyes. Frankly, most “Christian” science fiction is really a type of allegory. Even C.S. Lewis’ space trilogy is really allegory in the guise of space soap […]
Archives for August 2009
On wounds borne for us
Father Orthoduck has seen the feet of more than one ballet dancer. And, what is said in this comic is accurate. The long-term ballet dancer does develop hammer-toes, calluses, etc. They also regularly fight blisters, stress fractures, damaged tendons and so on. Most people are aware of the many hours that a ballet dancer spends […]
Buy this book
Buy this book! Buy this book! Buy this book! It is an anthology of science fiction that imagines what the Roman Catholic Church might look like in a far future with space travel, etc. I have only read one of the stories in this book so far, but it has been quite a worthwhile read.
John has a demon; Jesus is a winebibber
St. Luke 7:33-35 — For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, “He has a demon.” The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, “Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!” But wisdom is justified by all her children. […]
Dividing responsibilities for this blog
Fr. Obregón and Fr. Orthoduck have been in discussions lately. In one of the recent blog posts, one of the posters was concerned about the amount of political posting by Fr. Obregón. After discussion, the following decision was reached. From now on, all political discussions will be handled by Fr. Orthoduck. Other discussions will be […]
San Juan de la Cruz
Father Greg recently made a comment in response to a person who asked about the “charismatic” experiences that many of us have had. He said: John of the Cross and perhaps others have noted that conversions are often accompanied by extraordinary “consolations” which are transitory. However, sometimes, a person will create problems for themselves by […]
Healthcare and the CIA World Factbook
An objection was made to my quoting the World Health Organization regarding our healthcare system and whether it is the best in the world. Those of you who read the post yesterday will have seen that the WHO ranks our healthcare system as only 37th in the world. The objection was made that the WHO […]
Top world healthcare systems
OK, so it is time to cut to the chase. One of the phrases we hear in the USA is that we have the best healthcare system in the world. But, is that true? Hmm, the answer is, “no.” Let’s look at the rankings of the World Healthcare Organization as to healthcare systems. The WHO […]
On healthcare and the Church
On an earlier post on healthcare, the following line was posted, “The Popes and Patriarchs ought stick to matters of faith and leave economic and healthcare decisions to experts in the field.” This is a classic line that is used whenever the Church’s teachings hit close to home. In fact, exactly the same line has […]
Mother is healing
Well, I keep saying that I am going to blog soon, but I have been in Miami. My mother is in ICU but healing well. So, maybe tomorrow, and if not by Monday, I will get back to blogging. Thanks to those of you who have been praying.
