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September 2010

September 09, 2010

Because I Believe in Miracles

Feast of St. Peter Claver When I was startled into wondering if I could become...

September 09, 2010

For Thoughts Like These from John C. H. Wu

I've been reading one of John Wu's books. I first received it via Intra-library loan...

August 2010

August 22, 2010

Because Once Upon A Time, The Premier of China Was A Catholic

Imagine that you woke up to the news this morning that a former President of...

August 14, 2010

Because of Catholics like the “Chinese Chesterton”

Today I want to introduce you to another man from China named Wu, who also...

July 2010

July 12, 2010

Matt Maher (Music for Mondays)

Does anyone remember Webster's little secret? Well, how about Christian Contemporary music written and performed...

May 2010

May 17, 2010

Because Lena Horne Found Solace in the Church

Once I read that her funeral was to be held in a Roman Catholic Church,...

April 2010

April 11, 2010

For Thoughts Like These on Divine Mercy Sunday

It is the first Sunday after Easter, now known as Divine Mercy Sunday. For the...

March 2010

March 11, 2010

YIMC Book Club, “Mere Christianity” Week 8

This week we read Book IV, Chapters 6, 7, and 8. I have a close...

January 2010

January 10, 2010

Because of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

I wrote earlier of my thanks for practical instruction on living the Christian life from...

January 08, 2010

Because of Blaise Pascal’s Letter upon the Death of his Father

Webster has been serving at funerals lately, one in early December and one just a...

January 01, 2010

Because of the Pleasure of Finding Things Out

I am sitting in a friend’s house in Southern California surrounded by books one minute...

December 2009

December 11, 2009

Because “Don’t Give Up the Ship” Makes Sense

As a relatively new convert to Catholicism (Class of 2008), friends have asked me the...