“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” -- C.S. Lewis “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.” -- C.S. Lewis In some quarters of Christianity … [Continue reading]
C.S. Lewis as a Lenten meditation
This Lent, I have been using C.S. Lewis’ book Mere Christianity as a way of self-examination. Why C.S. Lewis? Why not an Orthodox classic, such as the The Philokalia of the Niptic Fathers or another one such as The Ladder of Divine Ascent? Well, for … [Continue reading]
Totalitarianism or Individualism? Neither one!
Christianity thinks of human individuals not as mere members of a group or items in a list, but as organs in a body—different from one another and each contributing what no other could. When you find yourself wanting to turn your children, … [Continue reading]
Troublesome thought
This will be a very short post. But, it is something that has been on my mind lately. And, it has to do with both political parties. Both political parties are driving us into very dangerous ground. Why do I say so? Well, in the last few days, I … [Continue reading]
Saint Ambrose on temptation
The devil does not have only one weapon. He uses many different means to defeat human beings: now with bribery, now with boredom, now with greed he attacks, inflicting mental and physical wounds equally. The kind of temptation varies with the … [Continue reading]
Consent is not everything
With the movie Fifty Shades of Grey coming out, everyone is talking about it. I have reached my ad nauseam point. So, why am I mentioning it? Well, over on Internetmonk.com, a wonderful article on consent was written by Damaris Zehner. She makes the … [Continue reading]
Finding the balance, government and individual rights
My wife tells me that in high school a teacher explained to their class the concept of individual rights and their limits. He would say that their individual rights ended at the end of his nose. He would explain that this meant that they … [Continue reading]
The failure to support science and a perfect storm
‘s I was thinking again about the vaccine issues and wondering how we arrived at this junction in which our vaccination rate is lower than many other nations, including Third World nations. Frankly, I have decided that it was a perfect … [Continue reading]
Science trumps false religious/secular beliefs
Several years ago, I joined the chorus of people who began to warn that as vaccination rates fell, we were setting ourselves up for a coming epidemic. In particular, measles, mumps, and whooping cough were pointed out as being the likely ones to … [Continue reading]
Charter Communications service FAIL
I am having one of those experiences today that makes all the terrible service stories one hears from time to time utterly believable. My wife and I became so tired of the poor internet service from CenturyLink that we finally decided to switch over … [Continue reading]
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