Onwards and upwards with my daughter’s posts. ==== Here we go, it’s part 4.2 of the Andes series. Don’t forget this is the second half of a story; you really need to read the first half first! Part 4.1 is Dia de Arequipa (part one). Hope the suspense from yesterday didn’t kill you! 🙂 Every […]
Archives for February 2010
The Mountains – Part 04
Continuing with my daughter’s posts ==== DÃa de Arequipa (part one) Welcome to part four (actually 4.1) of the Andes series. This is a continuation of some homesick writings I did a couple years back. Part three is Ciudad Blanca. It can be read independently, but I suggest following the series as it was written. […]
The Mountains – Part 03
The next post from my daughter. ==== Ciudad Blanca Below is part three of the Andes series. Part two of the series is The Mountains. Looking back, I was very upset with people who considered the only “important” thing to be “progress” and would completely ignore history if possible. But to someone who has been […]
The Mountains – Part 02
Let’s continue with the posts by my daughter. ==== The Mountains Below is part two of the Andes series. Part one of this series is “The Call”. I hope you are enjoying. The video at the end is mostly for music. As it is quite long I recommend playing it while you read the below […]
The Mountains – Part 01
With my daughter’s permission, I reprint below the beginning of a series from her blog. I think you will like this series over the next couple of days as much as I have. It will give you an insight into the land where we lived for a decade and where our daughters spent a good […]
Marriage and permanency
When I first saw this comic today, I read it quickly and was mildly offended at the mother’s comment in the second panel. Then I reread it and realized that I did agree with it. You see, at first I had read the second panel from the sacramental viewpoint. From the view of God’s desire […]
Global warming and myopic viewpoints
From the news on February 10: RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – The worst heatwave to hit Rio de Janeiro in 50 years turned the city into a pre-Carnival furnace Wednesday, and killed 32 elderly people further south, officials said. According to the Inmet national weather service, recorded temperatures in Rio were well above 40 degrees […]
Assorted news stories about Christian suffering
Every so often I will cycle through various news outlets to see what may be happening with Christianity in various parts of the world. Today some of the stories reminded me that Christians are not accepted well in all parts of the world or even in this nation. Click on each headline to see the […]
For members of the Tea Party
By and large Father Orthoduck is not in favor of the Tea Party. Nevertheless, Father Orthoduck posts the cartoon above. Given the extremely low rating that Congress has, regardless of whether one is a Democrat or a Republican, the cartoon above points to a uniting point between Democrats, Republican, Independents, Libertarians, Anarchists, etc. Sadly, that […]
Roman Catholic and Orthodox differences on Original Sin
In a couple of the last posts there has been an ongoing discussion of the differences in the concept of Original Sin between Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy. So, let me put a couple of citations from the Wikipedia that may help people to see the differences. Why from the Wikipedia? Well, because they are better […]
