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November 2013

November 05, 2013

The Pony Principle

Many years ago I formulated what I call the Pony Principle, which is this: if...

November 04, 2013

The Dogmat Sez

When you're a layperson, the world is your cloister.

November 04, 2013

Thomas Aquinas, by Denys Turner

Thomas Aquinas, by Denys Turner, might be the best book on Thomas Aquinas that I've...

November 03, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Cooperation

Looked at one way, the interior life is a long series of repairs. We are...

November 02, 2013

Limericks

This was posted to my old blog in February of 2003. I was reciting limericks...

November 01, 2013

Mere Catholicism

So Elizabeth Scalia welcomed me to Patheos on her blog a couple of days ago,...

November 01, 2013

Justin Martyr

Justin Martyr, one of the Church's earliest apologists (and a key witness in my own...

November 01, 2013

Woof Guide to Popular Music: Gopher Tuna

For all Carmina Burana fans, I present the misheard lyrics to O Fortuna. Yeah, if...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Desiring God

A few days ago, Francis Beckwith asked the musical question: Where did all these Calvinists...

October 31, 2013

Words I Wish I’d Written: The Bells

A little something for Halloween. I Hear the sledges with the bells - Silver bells!...

October 30, 2013

Dinner at Deviant’s Palace

Today only, Amazon has made Tim Powers' early novel

October 30, 2013

The Woof Guide to Obscure Catholic Music: The Chasuble Project

The Chasuble Project's unique style of liturgical music, based on a unique fusion of Gregorian...

October 29, 2013

Hello!

Welcome to all of the Anchoress' readers who have popped over here due to her...

October 29, 2013

Kindle Matchbook

I've seen this all over the web today. Amazon has just opened a new program...

October 29, 2013

Righteously Bad Theology

As the Anchoress noted a couple of days ago, a server in Overland Park, Kansas...

October 28, 2013

Peter Follows and Leads

Tom McDonald points out how it's supposed to work: first you sit at the feet...

October 28, 2013

Those Ads

Just so everything is clear: I don't pick the ads that pop up on the...

October 28, 2013

The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin

Rachel Griffin, youngest child of the Duke of Devon, has read (and memorized) almost every...

October 27, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Grace

Pursuing the interior life—a life of holiness—is not easy, but fortunately God doesn't leave us...

October 26, 2013

City of the Beasts

A rare negative book review from January, 2003, of Isabel Allende's City of the Beasts....

October 25, 2013

Knights vs. Snails

When monks illuminated manuscripts in the scriptoria of all of those Benedictine monasteries across Europe...

October 25, 2013

Ghost Story

Ghost Story is the 13th novel in Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, immediately following after Changes....

October 25, 2013

The Woof Guide to Popular Music: Snoopy vs. The Red Baron

For some reason the subject of Snoopy and the Red Baron came up in conversation...

October 24, 2013

St. Benedict for Moms

If I were not a Lay Dominican, I'd probably be a Benedictine Oblate. Benedictines are...

October 24, 2013

Spiritual and Religious

I saw a post on Facebook today from a friend whom I believe would describe...

October 24, 2013

Word I Wish I’d Written: Pragmatism

The Patrician was a pragmatist. He never tried to fix things that worked. Things that...

October 23, 2013

Just What Is a Sin, Anyway?

We Christians interested in evangelization are in the business of explaining to people how they...

October 23, 2013

The Eight Types of Photographers You’ll Find in the Wild

Alan Steadman has compiled a kind of bird-watcher's guide for photographers. I'd like to say...

October 23, 2013

Woof Guide to Obscure Catholic Music: The Dogmatics

Los Angeles-area group The Dogmatics are a straight-up no-nonsense rock-and-roll oldies cover-band. They claim to...

October 22, 2013

How to Grow Up

You never really learn something on first exposure. You have to see it twice...and the...

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