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Mt. Athos - Friday, November 20th 2009 1:46 PM
National Geographic goes to Mt. Athos.
A prayer request - Monday, November 16th 2009 2:24 PM
If you knew God would grant you your prayer request, what would you ask?I had no doubt about what to ask. I was sick, and it was killing me, but I specifically didn’t ask to...
Hell and the economy - Monday, November 16th 2009 8:15 AM
A pair of Harvard researchers recently examined 40 years of data from dozens of countries, trying to sort out the economic impact of religious beliefs or practices. They found...
Paying for prayer - Monday, November 9th 2009 1:05 PM
From the Los Angeles Times:Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to...
The Bible and the Koran - Friday, November 6th 2009 1:29 PM
Gabriel Said Reynolds, an associate professor of theology at Notre Dame, suggests that Muslims need to read the Bible in order to understand the Koran!
The Saints - Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 12:03 PM
I don’t know precisely where “All Saints” ranks on the list of most-popular names for Episcopal churches, but I suspect it’s near the top...Fr. Dan Martins had some...
Hate crime - Monday, October 26th 2009 2:47 PM
What does a person who commits a hate crime look like? In England they get their picture in the paper.
Black Swan - Wednesday, October 14th 2009 10:26 AM
Black Swan: an unpredictable event whose effect is greatly disproportionate to its cause.Doug McGuff is an emergency room physicians and offers a dozen tips on avoiding the...
Jail visit - Tuesday, October 13th 2009 10:10 AM
One of the prisoners rose in tears, fell to his knees before me, loudly begging: “Mercy”. I was petrified in recognizing a family friend who had grown and shared everything...
Silence - Sunday, October 11th 2009 10:10 PM
There is in this age very little understanding of the true nature of silence or its right use. The world gets steadily noisier and more distracting, and people throw themselves...
Muslim neighbor - Friday, October 9th 2009 10:56 AM
A new Muslim neighbor complains about the "noise" (from Sunday morning singing) and a church in England is ordered by the judge to knock it off.
Joseph's coins - Thursday, October 1st 2009 11:16 AM
The researchers discovered the coins when they sifted through thousands of small archeological artifacts stored in [the vaults of] the Museum of Egypt. [Initially] they took...
God's milk - Monday, September 28th 2009 1:43 PM
The Anchoress (again) takes my breath away, sharing a wonderful story about God, milk, Italian ice, and little foxes. This story goes immediately into my notes for the Spiritual...
Polyamory and taxes - Monday, September 21st 2009 3:08 PM
The Family Research Council has posted a speech given by Patrick Fagin last month to the World Congress of Families in Amsterdam (an interesting location for this event). One of...
Praying the Psalms - Monday, September 21st 2009 1:45 PM
Reading through the daily lectionary (and therefore all 150 Psalms), Fr. Dan Martins asks, How is our corporate worship possibly enhanced by forcing ourselves to speak lines...
State religion - Wednesday, September 9th 2009 9:46 AM
From "What's Wrong With the World"...In Quebec, all children from 1st grade up have to be put through a relativistic "religion" curriculum that teaches that homosexuality is...
Mother Teresa - Friday, September 4th 2009 4:06 PM
Some day, no doubt, calendars will mark Saturday with Mother Teresa's name. Fr. George Rutler has recalled one short conversation he had with her.On my way to say Mass for her...
Is this on? - Thursday, September 3rd 2009 10:09 AM
A Church of Scotland minister was tossed off his radio program after local Muslims complained. He is now taking his case to the European Court of Justice.In the radio show, Rev....
New New - Wednesday, September 2nd 2009 3:43 PM
Fr. Matt Kennedy takes note of the announcement of another revision of the NIV Bible.Hard to keep track of all these "new" "new" editions...
Intercessor's prayer - Friday, August 28th 2009 9:55 AM
Once again to the Anchoress, who was asked by a reader to repost an intercessory prayer she'd noticed three years ago. The prayer is a great help, because in these moments, so...
Edward Kennedy - Wednesday, August 26th 2009 10:02 AM
The Anchoress has some measured thoughts on Ted Kennedy, Catholic faith and final judgement. 
Atlanta sermon - Thursday, August 20th 2009 12:01 PM
Last weekend an Atlanta pastor made a promise that stunned his congregation and most of the people who heard it.Go on, guess.
RIP Robert Novak - Wednesday, August 19th 2009 9:03 AM
Word came this week of the passing of political reporter and columnist Robert Novak. A couple of years ago we spotted this item from Novak's just published...
prayer disciplines - Tuesday, August 18th 2009 3:33 PM
I've been preparing for the Parish Academy class on Spiritual Life that begins in September. The Lord has kindly let me stumble upon several interesting resources. One is a...
Big churches - Wednesday, August 12th 2009 3:30 PM
Didn't see this correlation coming: a new Barna survey concludes that members of larger churches are likely to be more orthodox in their Christian beliefs than members of...