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January 2016

January 04, 2016

Wise men not Wise guys . . .

Sarcasm kills. That doesn't mean a person should never be sarcastic, just that he should be...

January 03, 2016

Christmas, Never Changing, Always New

We have ornaments from our childhoods and ornaments from the childhoods of each of our...

January 02, 2016

Christmas can be Creative!

Farmers always had to work, so few people have ever gotten "work free" holy days....

January 01, 2016

Christmas and the Secular New Year: 2015 was a Bad Year, 2016 will be Better

2015 cannot end fast enough. The old order declined all over the world. Life can be...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

Free at Last: 2015 and the Saint Constantine Strategy

Christian education is free to experiment and institute large scale changes. To be Christian, we must...

December 30, 2015

Half Way Through Christmas: the Sixth Day of Christmas

We are halfway through the Feast and those who do not know how to Feast...

December 29, 2015

Five Rings to Rule Them All

There are twelve days of Christmas. Secular culture tries to make me feast during the...

December 28, 2015

Family: So wow!

When someone asked me about my family, I thought: "So. Wow!" Being at a loss...

December 26, 2015

On the Feast of Stephen

Today on the First Day of Christmas, Christians remember the first martyr. The birth of...

December 25, 2015

Day, sir? It’s Christmas Day!

"What day is it? Christmas Day!" Ever since I heard this question from film Scrooge...

December 24, 2015

The Count Down Ends: Christmas is Coming!

My job is to keep the family Christmas countdown. In June, this is a thankless...

December 20, 2015

Readings for the Fourth and Final Week of Advent

The fast is ending and the wait is almost over. Christ will soon be born...

December 16, 2015

Caesar Augustus Didn’t Make the Party: Little Known People of Christmas (IV/IV)

Caesar Augustus was the functional founder of the Roman Empire. He gained the power Julius...

December 14, 2015

Jar Jar and Santa didn’t make it to the Creche: Little Known People of Christmas (Part III/IV)

There is no possible world where Jar Jar Binks makes it to Bethlehem. This is...

December 13, 2015

Readings for the Third Week of Advent

On a week where the feast of Christmas is close, but the fast of Advent...

December 12, 2015

We didn’t make it to the Creche: Little Known People of Christmas (Part II/IV)

Jesus came to Bethlehem and brought Christmas. Pagan friends point out that the Winter Solstice...

December 11, 2015

We didn’t make it to the Creche: Little Known People of Christmas (Part I/IV)

Our crèche is on display with the typical family eccentricities that (at times) means our...

December 10, 2015

Christmas Lights over the Termites or Don’t Become Emperor of the Central African Empire

We have a termite problem in the garage, but not to worry. We have placed...

December 08, 2015

Radical Islamist Movement: Five Practical Steps for the Rest of Us

Magic says calling a thing by its real name gives the magician power or saying the...

December 06, 2015

Readings for the Second Week of Advent

The Second Week of Advent Second Sunday of Advent Sing: Lo! He comes with clouds...

December 05, 2015

Pondering Is Not a Waste of Time

Following the historic events of the first Christmas: Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them...

December 03, 2015

Standing in the Need of Prayer

When something bad happens, the very best thing a person can do is pray. Even...

December 02, 2015

Thoughts and Prayers

Three cheers for anyone outside the immediate area of a crisis who refuses to pontificate...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

The Way Forward: The Constantine Strategy Applied

"Never surrender! Never give up!" Perhaps one should not get cultural advice from a science...

November 29, 2015

Meditations for the First Week of Advent

First Sunday of Advent Sing: O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that...

November 28, 2015

Gentle Happiness

The world is hurting, but we cannot always be looking outward. I have hurts, death in...

November 26, 2015

These Holy-Days: Brave Enough for Love

This Thanksgiving, this Advent, this Christmas let's be brave enough for love. Forget mere sappiness: the...

November 25, 2015

Holiday Advice: Dealing with Your Crazy Evangelical Uncle

Evidently giving advice about how to handle the stress of what the Victorians called "social intercourse"...

November 24, 2015

Great Leaders: Thankful for the Virtues of Seven Women

We need leaders. Talent we can find, but good leaders have talent with character. I...

November 23, 2015

Great Leaders: Thankful for the Virtues of Seven Men

Leadership is easy to describe as an ideal, but the leader who can say with Saint...