There is a wonderful series of stories published by G.K. Chesterton that have to do with a Roman Catholic priest in England who solves mainly murder mysteries. His name is Father Brown. It is a series that I highly recommend and has been published in its entirety by Penguin Books in the past. Unlike Sherlock […]
Salvation, Justification, Works 03
“Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.” — G.K. Chesterton I replied to a comment made on something I wrote on another blog and I thought the answer was worth posting here as well, with a couple of additional comments. I […]
C.S. Lewis on giving thanks
On another blog I read the following C.S. Lewis quote: “We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is ‘good,’ because it is good, if ‘bad’ because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.â€â€“Letters: C.S. Lewis/Don Giovanni Calabria (10 August 1948), […]
We gather together
One of my favorite Thanksgiving hymns, though the Eastern Orthodox do not sing it, is “We gather together.” I think it is a hymn that mixes together both the aspect of Thanksgiving and the idea that God does work with us to guide us and to chasten us (for our sins) as necessary. It is […]
Thanksgiving is for confession and giving thanks
Father, are you getting a little radical on us? What do you mean including confession with Thanksgiving? That day is a day to give thanks for God’s bounty. It is not a penitential day. Then I have a surprise for you because it was a surprise for me as well. Did you know that up […]
Bonds
Sarah Josepha Hale is considered to be partially responsible for our celebration of Thanksgiving. She wrote series of six letters to President Abraham Lincoln in support of such a national holiday. She was a strong Christian and a writer. Below is one of her poems. Though she supported abolition, she points out that freedom and […]
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe — Aslan is Eastern Orthodox
Warning: If you have not read C.S. Lewis’ book, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe then this post will not make sense to you. In the midst of all the discussion that has been going on over justification, salvation, sanctification, etc. on this blog and on other blogs on which I have posted, I […]
So, the solution is to dump middle-class retired folk?
James 1:27 says, “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.” I have been watching the drumbeat to punish the unions mount as the debate over the Detroit bailout goes on. It comes mainly from the […]
Why did I vote for Obama?
A person wrote in and asked a very honest question about why I voted for President-elect Obama. His concern was about voting for someone who supports abortion. The person who wrote me is pro-life in the widest of ways, since he is also against the death penalty in general. He gently asked me about my […]
Semper Paratus
When I lived in Port Huron, Michigan, my wife and I were friends with some men (and their wives) who served at the Coast Guard station there. They were wonderful men and heroes, every one. One of them had even won a medal for diving in after a crewmate who had fallen of the ship […]
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