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The desert fathers - Tuesday, August 11th 2009 2:19 PM
It has been said there is no comment on monasticism which we hear more frequently than that the hermit life was a selfish one, and therefore essentially remote from the spirit...
The walk - Wednesday, August 5th 2009 2:44 PM
"The sight of six men in flowing habits, trudging single file on the side of the road, prompted many to pull over and talk, even confess. People on their way to work described...
Trusting God - Saturday, August 1st 2009 11:46 PM
In his book Signature Sins, (Intervarsity 2008 ) Michael Mangis, a professor of psychology at Wheaton College, writes:Oswald Chambers brilliantly pointed out that the root of...
Happiness - Friday, July 31st 2009 5:30 AM
"O spiritual soul, when thou seest thy desire obscured, thy affections arid and constrained, and thy faculties bereft of their capacity for any interior exercise, be not...
Stats - Friday, July 24th 2009 11:49 AM
Christianity and the church is not about the numbers, but the numbers tell you some interesting things.
Codex - Tuesday, July 21st 2009 9:26 PM
A few weeks back came the announcement that everyone could now read the Codex Sinaiticus online. The Get Religion blog follows up with how that news has been (mis)handled.
Sign of the Cross - Friday, July 10th 2009 12:10 PM
The former Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Luke in Orlando, Rick Lobs, has provided a brief history of the practice and significance of Christians making the sign of the...
Prayer for GC09 - Thursday, July 9th 2009 2:30 PM
Good work being done to support the General Convention in prayer over the next several days. Join in here.  Or here.Yes, I think that is Bishop Howe's picture they're...
Some moral philosophy - Tuesday, July 7th 2009 9:43 AM
I feel reassured in my virtue, by virtue of not having a Twitter account:(1) One ought always to act in good faith. (2) Therefore, if one Twitters, one ought always to Twitter...
Neda - Monday, July 6th 2009 1:07 PM
Several other stories grabbed the headlines away from the death of Neda, shot down in the midst of protests against the Iranian election. But some still want to know more about...
Game shows - Friday, July 3rd 2009 11:47 AM
"We are giving the biggest prize in the world, the gift of belief in God."A new TV game show in Turkey aims at converting atheists. I'll take modern Arian heresies for 200,...
Liturgy - Tuesday, June 30th 2009 11:43 AM
John Seybert is our 8:50 a.m. Sunday music director. He and I were talking the other day about worship music, new and old, comparing what we’ve seen in praise and worship...
Disney storylines - Wednesday, June 24th 2009 11:01 AM
Fr. Neo thinks he has spotted a change of direction in recent Disney kids movies. Very interesting!
Puppies - Wednesday, June 17th 2009 8:35 PM
"There is the idea of a puppy and then there is the reality of a puppy."She already has her own blog here at All Saints' but if you've missed it you really need to go read what...
Terri - Wednesday, June 17th 2009 2:52 PM
She was charged with some not very clearly defined, but capital, offense, found guilty and sentenced accordingly...  The question was asked more than once: how could we...
Boldly riding - Thursday, June 11th 2009 12:28 PM
In the midst of one of his fine contemplations of the Episcopal scene, the Anglican Curmudgeon takes a moment to reflect on the larger scene, entire:I take some bemusement in...
Praying in silence - Friday, June 5th 2009 1:47 PM
Try this mental experiment. Walk into your nearest neighbor's house and offer them this choice: they can spend the next half hour in total silence, or the next half hour with...
The choice - Thursday, June 4th 2009 10:37 AM
George Tiller's life may not have been a life any of us would have wanted, or admired, but it was the life he had, and he was entitled to it.What then about William Long?...
Brit newspapers - Monday, June 1st 2009 4:11 PM
Religion writer Rod Dreher is studying at Cambridge in England and has noticed something interesting about the way British newspapers cover religious issues.
More Juliana - Saturday, May 23rd 2009 9:23 AM
A further entry from Juliana of Norwich, including her most famous quotation ("All shall be well..."):The Lord brought to my mind the longing that I had for Him. And I saw that...
Eat your frog - Thursday, May 21st 2009 3:22 PM
Someone lately recalled a life principle that has amused me: “A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day...
Penitence - Thursday, May 21st 2009 9:14 AM
The Elements of the Spiritual Life was published by the Rev. Frederic P. Harton in 1932. It appears that in later years he served as the Dean of Wells Cathedral, Somerset, one...
Juliana - Wednesday, May 20th 2009 11:26 AM
Juliana of Norwich, a medieval laywoman in the 14th century, had a series of visions or “showings” which she wrote down. One of them concerned how God will reward his...
Jews on Jesus - Tuesday, May 19th 2009 12:46 PM
Do Jews have a Jesus problem? Jay Michaelson asks the question while reviewing a new commentary on the way the Talmud speaks of Jesus: The image of Jesus that one gets from the...
Jordan river - Tuesday, May 19th 2009 12:28 PM
The Jordan River where Jesus was baptized is not doing so well.