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February 2014

February 12, 2014

Was Tolkien an Evangelist?

Last year I was in Oxford and had the privilege of meeting Priscilla Tolkien--J.R.R.Tolkien's daughter....

February 11, 2014

How I Came to Believe in the Immaculate Conception

So I was an Anglican priest at the time, and while I was home in...

February 08, 2014

The Devil in Ordinary

Last week the exorcism of Latoya Ammons and her children was in the headlines and...

February 06, 2014

Either the Ethereal or the Real

An excerpt from chapter five of The Romance of Religion. In one of his science fiction...

February 05, 2014

Is the Adam and Eve Story a Myth?

I can see that many others greeted the Creation vs. Evolution debate last night between...

February 04, 2014

Religion with Panache!

The Romance of Religion: Fighting for Goodness, Truth, and Beauty is published today. (Fanfare of trumpets...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Satan is Real – Read these Amazing Stories

Latoya Ammons is a woman from Indiana who had to have an exorcism for herself...

January 28, 2014

You Choose – Be Catholic or Be King

Did you know that one man had the choice--to be Catholic or to be King...

January 28, 2014

Early Morning Mass at St Peter’s

At 7:00am the activity at St Peter's begins. The doors are opened and priests start...

January 20, 2014

I Don’t Want to Go to Church!

When I was a high school chaplain I had a set of parents fix an...

January 16, 2014

Talking about Wave Walking

How is the gospel best spread? By talking about how the faith has changed you....

January 13, 2014

Church? I Haven’t Been to Church in Fifty Years

One of the sweet things about being a priest is being able to minister at...

January 13, 2014

Who Am I to Judge?

If any off the cuff remark is ever destined to haunt the undisciplined public figure...

January 13, 2014

Trendies and Traddies

Sorry I have been away from the blog for a few days. Things have been...

January 05, 2014

Where Did the Wise Men Come From?

Where did the Magi come from? The usual answer is from Persia. They are identified...

January 05, 2014

Krispy Kreme Evangelization

Today on the way home from Mass I stopped at Krispy Kreme for a dozen...

January 04, 2014

Poem for Epiphany

Here is a treat for you: a recording from the BBC of T.S.Eliot reading his...

January 04, 2014

The Nightmare of Nihilism

Joseph Pearce writes here on the nightmare of nihilism and the false promise of progressivism....

January 04, 2014

Henry VIII and the Little Sisters of the Poor

The Obamastate has told the Little Sisters of the Poor that they should just go...

January 04, 2014

On Hobbits and Hermits

There is a double yearning in me, and I suspect it is pretty much universal,...

January 03, 2014

The Power of Jesus’ Name

Father Roger was just over five foot tall. A very spiritual priest, he was much...

January 02, 2014

Matriarchy and Polygamy – a Regression to Primitivism

Why are modern men such layabouts? It's simple. When the family declines. Men decline. Rod...

January 01, 2014

Resolution or Revolution?

This amusing article by John Niven in the Daily Telegraph suggests not to bother with...

January 01, 2014

A Little Child Shall Lead Them

As we enter the new year remember the little way. Here's my latest article for...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Hobbit Lessons

I mentioned here a delightful new book by Inklings scholar Devin Brown. Devin is the...

December 31, 2013

Hearing Benedict in Francis

Kathryn Lopez writes here about the Person of the Year behind the Person of the...

December 31, 2013

Illiberal Catholics

John Zmirak writes forcefully here about the question of religious liberty and the Catholic faith....

December 31, 2013

Christian or Catholic Cult?

Soon after I converted to the Catholic faith a dear old Dominican sister gave me...

December 30, 2013

Catholic Garage Churches

In a sleepless moment the other night I found myself discovering the world of Catholic...

December 22, 2013

Dorothy Day: Is Religion the Opium of the People?

Reading Paul Elie's excellent quadruple biography of Thomas Merton, Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy and Dorothy...

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