A Dialogue from Lord of the Rings Frodo: I can’t do this, Sam. Sam: I know. It’s all wrong By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the […]
Archives for October 2018
On Southern spirituality
I have lived in the Deep South since 2000. I also lived in the Deep South during most of my Army service. As a result, I have gained a deep appreciation for Southern spirituality. I have come to fully enjoy being wished to have a “blessed day” when I finish having an encounter in Alabama. […]
On being Catholic Eastern Orthodox
I can remember being taught in seminary that the word Catholic was never used in the New Testament. That is true. The word itself is first found in writing in a letter that St. Ignatius of Antioch wrote to the Smyrnans around the year 107 AD. It referred to ? h kaqoliki ekklesia (i katholiki ekklesia) or the […]
On being black while …
The video above is but the latest in a set of videos in which a black person has the police called on them for spurious reasons. In this case, this man is the head of an organization, was ferrying two kids in his car with the permission of the parents, and yet was followed by […]
Victims of abuse and acting out
As I have been reading the Kavanaugh story, I found myself thinking about one specific group of people. Those who were abused early in life have sequelae not only of memory, repressed memories, and suffering but also of acting out. More than that, the behavior that is learned as an abused child is all too […]
